Say goodbye to my Tomatoes again

 Oh well & tried once again, but it doesn't look good.
I planted early here in Sydney & thought that I had all those diseases
beaten...
But now when a lot of the toms are getting nice & plump the plants are
developing that brownish colour in the stems.
This usually means the whole plants will die within days.
I have done all the right things, ie not planting in the same place, keeping
up the water & nutrients (don't use too much nitrogen) & have given them
potash in liquid form.
I REAALLLY want some home grown/nice tasting toms.
What can I do???
I have some newer plants 'Rouge De Marmande', any chance that thes will turn
out OK?
Pat

 PatC wrote:

Latest trick Get  some thin copper wire and pierce each plant through
the stems. It may give it immunity to certain viruses.
Im trying this myself this year, and I'm going to do this today...

 
keeping

I think I may have been the one that posted that tip to start with & it
worked for a short while.

 PatC wrote:


You might have a trace element shortage. Get some real citrus mix (not
the plant food mix) and try adding that, or some other trace element stuff.


Someone purchased a bag of "Citrus Plant food". turned out to be
basically a cheap fertiliser with little trace elements in it, so rather
expensive for what it does. Plus it comes with added cadium, lead and
mercury. Really great. Now to educate someone to read the label before
she buys and of course, it means the trolley pusher/bag carrier will
haveto stop sleeping on the job too {:-).

 PatC wrote:

I gather that this year has been bad for tomatoes in Sydney and
Melbourne, YMMV.