tomato leaves spotted and curling!

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  1. loretta426

    loretta426 New Seed

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    My tomato plants were beautiful but now I am seeing yellow spots on some leaves and leaves curling up from the margins, Not just bottom leaves but higher up!

    The plants are in a new raised bed...vermiculite, peat and mushroom compost

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    Someone said the yellow spots and the curled leaves might be 2 different problems
     
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    I believe it is indeed two different problems but may be related. The leaf curl is nothing to worry about, mine do this every year. It does not affect tomato production and is probably a soil/mineral lacking in your mix. Future leaf curl can be reduced by digging in about two TBSP of Epsom salts into the soil about six inches away from the main stem, then water as usual. But it will not correct the current leaf curl. Some varieties do this more than others. In other words,, it doesn`t hurt the plant or tomatoes,,it just looks weird. Let me see what I can find on the spots. It may be that the peat is too acid for them but will check.
     

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