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Richard Sherratt wrote:
> This summer was my first foray into tomato growing. I planted one
> sweet bite and two cherry sweet bite plants from the nursery in tubs
> on the patio. Tubs are ex recycling containers around 50cm by 25cm by
> 30cm deep. I filled them with tomato mix from the nursery and also
> planted parsley, basil and a marigold in each tub. Probably too much
> overboard, but I'm a virgo :-)
>
> The plants went gangbusters for a while and had loads of fruit. Then I
> noticed that some of the  leaves on the cherry ones were curling up
> and going brown. there were brown spots on the leaves. It looked
> almost like early blight or septoria leaf spot, but none of the images
> on the web are really close matches. The toms look a bit diseased.
>
> Is it OK to dump the plants into the  garden waste bin or should they
> go into the rubbish bin?
> Is it OK to plant somethihng else in the tubs or do I need to get rid
> of all the dirt?

It depends on what the problem is.

>
> The standard sweet bite didn't get the same leaf spots, but the leaves
> gradually went brown and the plant stopped growing and producing
> fruit. The flowers stopped budding and then  they dried up.
>
> Too much sun? One of my neighbours has shade cloth over his tomato
> bed.
>

Sun scald will produce pale bleached spots on the fruit but not harm the 
leaves so it is not (only) that.

Where are you?  I am on the East coast and during La Nina summers (like this 
one) we get many days of cloud drizzle and humidity, this produces many 
fungal diseases.  It is hard to tell them apart.

David

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:00:51 +1100, "David Hare-Scott"
<secret@nospam.com> wrote:

>I am on the East coast and during La Nina summers (like this 
>one)

You might be having a La Nina summer up there, here in Tas it's most
definitely El Nino... unlike last year.

Richard Sherratt wrote:

> Is it OK to dump the plants into the  garden waste bin or should they
> go into the rubbish bin?

Probably rubbish. Really depeds on what happens to te contents of garden 
waste in your locality. Mst goes into landscaping fill here.

> Is it OK to plant somethihng else in the tubs or do I need to get rid
> of all the dirt?

Try something other than tomatoes.

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:00:51 +1100, "David Hare-Scott"
<secret@nospam.com> wrote:

<snip>

>Where are you?  I am on the East coast and during La Nina summers (like this 
>one) we get many days of cloud drizzle and humidity, this produces many 
>fungal diseases.  It is hard to tell them apart.

I'm in Melbourne.

I forgot to mention that they also got white fly. 

Richard.
-- 
Regards.
Richard.

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:28:16 +1100, terryc
<newsninespam-spam@woa.com.au> wrote:

>Richard Sherratt wrote:
>
>> Is it OK to dump the plants into the  garden waste bin or should they
>> go into the rubbish bin?
>
>Probably rubbish. Really depeds on what happens to te contents of garden 
>waste in your locality. Mst goes into landscaping fill here.

I'm not sure what they do with it. Probably best to be safe and stick
it in the rubbish.

>> Is it OK to plant somethihng else in the tubs or do I need to get rid
>> of all the dirt?
>
>Try something other than tomatoes.

Will do. Thanks.


-- 
Regards.
Richard.

On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:53:14 +1100,  Richard Sherratt
<richard.sherratt@NOTHINGHEREbrunsley.com.au> wrote:
 
> This summer was my first foray into tomato growing. I planted one
> sweet bite and two cherry sweet bite plants from the nursery in tubs
> on the patio. Tubs are ex recycling containers around 50cm by 25cm by
> 30cm deep. I filled them with tomato mix from the nursery and also
> planted parsley, basil and a marigold in each tub. Probably too much
> overboard, but I'm a virgo :-)
> 
> The plants went gangbusters for a while and had loads of fruit. Then I
> noticed that some of the  leaves on the cherry ones were curling up
> and going brown. there were brown spots on the leaves. It looked
> almost like early blight or septoria leaf spot, but none of the images
> on the web are really close matches. The toms look a bit diseased.
> 
> Is it OK to dump the plants into the  garden waste bin or should they
> go into the rubbish bin?
> Is it OK to plant somethihng else in the tubs or do I need to get rid
> of all the dirt?
> 
> The standard sweet bite didn't get the same leaf spots, but the leaves
> gradually went brown and the plant stopped growing and producing
> fruit. The flowers stopped budding and then  they dried up. 
> 
> Too much sun? One of my neighbours has shade cloth over his tomato
> bed.
 
Tomatoes have had a tough time this season with all of the rain.  The use of tomato dust
was mandatory if you wanted a decent crop.

Bin the plants and use the soil for something else other than tomatoes or related plants
(like potatoes, capsicum, chilli and eggplant) or you will spread the problems.  I also
like to spray old soil with Yates Anti Rot and some Confidor or Lebaycid prior to re-use.