# ⟹ Fusarium vs Vertisillium | Tomato diseases | My take on it how to tell the difference

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[00:03] okay so what's the difference between
[00:05] okay so what's the difference between Chris areum and verticillium which is a
[00:09] Chris areum and verticillium which is a fungus disease that causes tomato will
[00:11] fungus disease that causes tomato will those are the two primary ones there's
[00:14] those are the two primary ones there's many others that cause tomato wealth but
[00:16] many others that cause tomato wealth but this video is going to be primarily
[00:18] this video is going to be primarily about Chris areum versus verticillium
[00:22] about Chris areum versus verticillium and what is the difference in is there a
[00:25] and what is the difference in is there a difference there's some slight
[00:26] difference there's some slight differences they're pretty much both
[00:29] differences they're pretty much both fungal diseases they pretty much do the
[00:33] fungal diseases they pretty much do the same end result some is one is a little
[00:35] same end result some is one is a little bit worse in my opinion and others and
[00:39] bit worse in my opinion and others and you if you were to pick one of the two I
[00:41] you if you were to pick one of the two I would say you'd probably want four sorry
[00:43] would say you'd probably want four sorry and rabbit in verticillium and the
[00:46] and rabbit in verticillium and the reason for that is is that verticillium
[00:49] reason for that is is that verticillium is generally not affected by
[00:52] is generally not affected by temperatures so if you get verticillium
[00:55] temperatures so if you get verticillium well it's pretty much once you get it
[00:58] well it's pretty much once you get it it's just going to keep progressing
[00:59] it's just going to keep progressing until it's completed cycle and that
[01:02] until it's completed cycle and that means killing your plant doing it
[01:04] means killing your plant doing it whereas for cerium generally if it once
[01:08] whereas for cerium generally if it once it starts getting cold out if your plant
[01:10] it starts getting cold out if your plant stays healthy and strong enough all the
[01:12] stays healthy and strong enough all the way into the fall you'll notice that
[01:14] way into the fall you'll notice that even though it had you know wilt and it
[01:17] even though it had you know wilt and it was starting to die originally you'll
[01:19] was starting to die originally you'll notice that it's picking back up in a
[01:24] notice that it's picking back up in a fall because it doesn't like the cold
[01:26] fall because it doesn't like the cold weather and so it'll tend to not
[01:30] weather and so it'll tend to not completely die off but it will die and
[01:32] completely die off but it will die and you know it'll it'll go into its sports
[01:35] you know it'll it'll go into its sports stage at that point and then produces
[01:38] stage at that point and then produces spores and and spread again next year
[01:41] spores and and spread again next year whereas with a cilium it'll just keep
[01:44] whereas with a cilium it'll just keep going all the way into winter it'll just
[01:47] going all the way into winter it'll just is like almost no stopping it so it's
[01:49] is like almost no stopping it so it's kind of a vert vert a cilium is actually
[01:52] kind of a vert vert a cilium is actually a worse type of fungal disease you're
[01:56] a worse type of fungal disease you're gonna get in your root system than
[01:58] gonna get in your root system than others in my opinion okay I'm just going
[02:01] others in my opinion okay I'm just going by you know what I little I dunno about
[02:04] by you know what I little I dunno about it now I do know that once you have it.
[02:08] it now I do know that once you have it it's just going to keep coming back now.
[02:10] it's just going to keep coming back now some of my plants are exhibiting as if.
[02:14] some of my plants are exhibiting as if they have.
[02:14] they have either force areum or verticillium and.
[02:18] either force areum or verticillium and one of the ways you can tell that you're.
[02:20] one of the ways you can tell that you're potentially habbit could be other.
[02:23] potentially habbit could be other conditions - it's not that I'm over.
[02:25] conditions - it's not that I'm over watering but it's just it's been really.
[02:29] watering but it's just it's been really hot and it's also kind of on a humid.
[02:32] side so when it's hot and humid combined.
[02:35] side so when it's hot and humid combined your plants really suffer from from the.
[02:38] your plants really suffer from from the heat because they can't transpire just.
[02:41] heat because they can't transpire just like you you sweat you you perspire is.
[02:45] like you you sweat you you perspire is what you do when you when you're hot you.
[02:47] perspire and it cools you down while.
[02:49] perspire and it cools you down while your plants respirate okay and a.
[02:52] transferee and that's how they regulate.
[02:54] their way of cooling down but one of the.
[02:57] their way of cooling down but one of the ways that I can tell that I'm having an.
[03:00] ways that I can tell that I'm having an issue with a fungal disease in the soil.
[03:03] issue with a fungal disease in the soil and it could be one it could be another.
[03:05] and it could be one it could be another fungal disease it could be any one that fungal disease it could be any one that in many funguses one of the ways you can tell is by number one you start seeing the yellowing leaves alright you're starting to see the yellowing leaves but that may not necessarily be what's causing that some plants ain't exhibiting that at all here's the Lowe's plant and this plant is absolutely doing I'm not having any issues with blight or anything with it it's just growing like a monster there's nothing it's color is perfect all the way through I don't even have to trim any leaves it's just going to keep growing and putting out tons and tons of tomatoes I mean it's it's a very good genetics of this plant but somebody yellowing of the leaves could be simply due to heat stress so that's one of the ways that I can tell it I have a problem in the soil with either verticillium or pasaría more anyone a toes kind of fungal diseases but another way you can tell is by this.
[04:06] but another way you can tell is by this your leaves begin to just will get they
[04:09] your leaves begin to just will get they get I'm sorry they get flappy like
[04:12] get I'm sorry they get flappy like there's no texture it's not like here
[04:14] there's no texture it's not like here this is over this is a stiff firm leaf
[04:17] this is over this is a stiff firm leaf there's no issues with it but then you
[04:20] there's no issues with it but then you get over to this leaf and you start to
[04:21] get over to this leaf and you start to see this discoloration and it starts
[04:24] see this discoloration and it starts starting to get floppy
[04:26] starting to get floppy it's just weak and you know kind of
[04:30] it's just weak and you know kind of wanting to fall off and you'll see
[04:33] wanting to fall off and you'll see random areas of your plant like part of
[04:37] random areas of your plant like part of the leaf you'll see like the whole leaf
[04:39] the leaf you'll see like the whole leaf is good and then like one or two leaves
[04:41] is good and then like one or two leaves will just wilt off and drop that's a
[04:43] will just wilt off and drop that's a very big sign right there when you see
[04:44] very big sign right there when you see like part of the leaf like this whole
[04:46] like part of the leaf like this whole leaf is wilting and dying off and I just
[04:49] leaf is wilting and dying off and I just sprayed this with a chemical I may have
[04:51] sprayed this with a chemical I may have put too much on it a fungicide on there
[04:54] put too much on it a fungicide on there to fight off any potential blight that
[04:58] to fight off any potential blight that it might get so I've sprayed the side a
[05:00] it might get so I've sprayed the side a little heavy so that might be why it's
[05:02] little heavy so that might be why it's kind of wilting out and dying it could
[05:03] kind of wilting out and dying it could be that and the number do you love other
[05:05] be that and the number do you love other plants we're doing the same thing and
[05:07] plants we're doing the same thing and here's one right here for example the.
[05:10] here's one right here for example the leaves are just kind of dropping off the.
[05:12] leaves are just kind of dropping off the plant again this could be heat this.
[05:14] plant again this could be heat this could be just simply duty to heat but.
[05:17] could be just simply duty to heat but this is a big sign when you start seeing.
[05:19] this is a big sign when you start seeing your leaves fall off that's a big sign.
[05:22] your leaves fall off that's a big sign that you got some kind of fungal disease.
[05:25] that you got some kind of fungal disease in the soil usually now that doesn't.
[05:27] in the soil usually now that doesn't necessarily mean that's what's going on.
[05:29] necessarily mean that's what's going on here.
[05:30] here now this leaf just kind of dropped off.
[05:32] now this leaf just kind of dropped off on its own I didn't have to pop it off.
[05:36] on its own I didn't have to pop it off or anything but another way you can tell.
[05:38] or anything but another way you can tell that you have verticillium or caesarian.
[05:41] that you have verticillium or caesarian well is generally what you do is they.
[05:44] well is generally what you do is they tell you to cut the plant down and if.
[05:46] tell you to cut the plant down and if you do that then your plant is done and.
[05:48] you do that then your plant is done and over with so doing it that method to try.
[05:51] over with so doing it that method to try to find out what kind of disease you got.
[05:53] to find out what kind of disease you got is generally the end of the plant's life.
[05:56] is generally the end of the plant's life so it's almost pointless trying to find.
[05:58] so it's almost pointless trying to find out what it is at that point because if.
[06:01] out what it is at that point because if you're going to go that far you might as.
[06:02] you're going to go that far you might as well just get rid of the soil get rid of.
[06:03] well just get rid of the soil get rid of the containers bleach everything bill.
[06:05] the containers bleach everything bill eat you all your tools I mean you should.
[06:08] eat you all your tools I mean you should kind of do that anyway but you for you.
[06:10] kind of do that anyway but you for you to cut your plant down and do is this.
[06:11] to cut your plant down and do is this kind of pointless the other way you can tell is if you break a stem off.
[06:14] kind of pointless the other way you can tell is if you break a stem off.
[06:17] I usually do what stems that are yellowing.
[06:19] usually do what stems that are yellowing and dying maybe we can break one off here.
[06:20] and dying maybe we can break one off here you might be able to see it you may or may not now I don't forget I put additives in the soil to kind of combat this issue from last year so it might be helping to some degree and it might not.
[06:23] here you might be able to see it you may or may not now I don't forget I put additives in the soil to kind of combat this issue from last year so it might be helping to some degree and it might not.
[06:25] additives in the soil to kind of combat this issue from last year so it might be helping to some degree and it might not be systemic as I as I usually refer to it as in other words it might not be inside the plant but it might just be affecting the roots at this point and not getting past the roots so it's just kind of dropping leaves but it's not going all the way up to stem.
[06:27] this issue from last year so it might be helping to some degree and it might not be systemic as I as I usually refer to it as in other words it might not be inside the plant but it might just be affecting the roots at this point and not getting past the roots so it's just kind of dropping leaves but it's not going all the way up to stem.
[06:29] so it might be helping to some degree and it might not be systemic as I as I usually refer to it as in other words it might not be inside the plant but it might just be affecting the roots at this point and not getting past the roots so it's just kind of dropping leaves but it's not going all the way up to stem.
[06:31] be systemic as I as I usually refer to it as in other words it might not be inside the plant but it might just be affecting the roots at this point and not getting past the roots so it's just kind of dropping leaves but it's not going all the way up to stem.
[06:34] it as in other words it might not be inside the plant but it might just be affecting the roots at this point and not getting past the roots so it's just kind of dropping leaves but it's not going all the way up to stem.
[06:36] inside the plant but it might just be affecting the roots at this point and not getting past the roots so it's just kind of dropping leaves but it's not going all the way up to stem.
[06:37] affecting the roots at this point and not getting past the roots so it's just kind of dropping leaves but it's not going all the way up to stem.
[06:40] not getting past the roots so it's just kind of dropping leaves but it's not going all the way up to stem.
[06:42] kind of dropping leaves but it's not going all the way up to stem.
[06:43] dropping leaves but it's not going all the way up to stem.
[06:46] going all the way up to stem.
[06:47] one of the ways you can tell it you have verticillium orifice area is when you break the stem open and you look inside that stem.
[06:51] verticillium orifice area is when you break the stem open and you look inside that stem.
[06:54] break the stem open and you look inside that stem.
[06:57] now in this case it looks perfectly green there's nothing in it.
[07:00] I don't have my glasses but I don't see any form of brown in there and now verticillium if you break it open if you have verticillium you'll see the whole.
[07:02] don't have my glasses but I don't see any form of brown in there and now verticillium if you break it open if you have verticillium you'll see the whole.
[07:04] any form of brown in there and now verticillium if you break it open if you have verticillium you'll see the whole.
[07:07] verticillium if you break it open if you have verticillium you'll see the whole.
[07:09] have verticillium you'll see the whole insides kind of brown evenly all the way through it and for sorry I'm kind of makes like a ring like there's like a cambium layer I don't know any other way to describe it but there's like a layer you have a skin on the outside then you got the core and between the core and the skin and the outside there's like a layer and in that layer is where the force areum will generally infect the plant and it'll make a ring that ring will get infected whereas with verticillium the entire inside will start to brown up or you'll see streaks of brown in it so that's how you can tell the actual difference from it now do you see it every time you break off a leaf and do it now you generally have to break cut the stem in the middle and look for it and at that point like I told you you're you're killing your plant this game over for you to find that out so it's not really a good method to use but if the plant is dying and you're gonna rip it out anyway why not cut it open and try to find out what's going on with it so let me see if I could find any other plants that might
[08:10] I could find any other plants that might be symptomatic now these plants this plant it really started yellowing up.
[08:15] Within the last week it was perfectly green and healthy about a week ago and now it's suddenly starting to turn yellow.
[08:23] I just moved this into the shady area because I really do believe that the Sun is really just beating the hell out of my plants right now.
[08:32] But this this one that could very well be another one that's infected with one of the wilt diseases it could be.
[08:38] Now I'm not guaranteeing it is but it could be and generally if you get any of these two major diseases in your tomato plants if you get any of those diseases it's pretty much curtains for the plant.
[08:53] Might get a few tomatoes out of it and then after that it's just pretty much gonna be dead.
[08:57] And usually the wilt diseases kick in usually they kick in right around when a plant is flowering and beginning the fruit and that's when the plant really starts to take off with the disease so we may not see the full result of it.
[09:12] we may not see the full result of it until it you know the plants are fully
[09:14] until it you know the plants are fully starting to fruit and there's tomatoes
[09:15] starting to fruit and there's tomatoes on the plant that's when you'll start to
[09:17] on the plant that's when you'll start to see the disease really kick in so what I
[09:21] see the disease really kick in so what I can do is I can try to break one of
[09:22] can do is I can try to break one of these off and we can look at the inside
[09:27] these off and we can look at the inside here now I mean I'm not really seeing it
[09:30] here now I mean I'm not really seeing it really that much on this one but I have
[09:33] really that much on this one but I have broken off some branches earlier that
[09:36] broken off some branches earlier that came off and I looked at him and I did
[09:39] came off and I looked at him and I did see some of the brown so I did confirm
[09:41] see some of the brown so I did confirm that there's some kind of fungal disease
[09:43] that there's some kind of fungal disease in the soil I don't know if any other
[09:45] in the soil I don't know if any other funguses besides verticillium and force
[09:49] funguses besides verticillium and force areum do the same thing but I did break
[09:52] areum do the same thing but I did break a few of these off before now if you
[09:53] a few of these off before now if you look at the center of that you could
[09:55] look at the center of that you could kind of see that ring and ring inside
[09:56] kind of see that ring and ring inside there in the middle well that ring would
[09:58] there in the middle well that ring would turn brown if it's got any one of those
[10:00] turn brown if it's got any one of those diseases so right now this isn't
[10:01] diseases so right now this isn't exhibiting it but like I said I have
[10:04] exhibiting it but like I said I have taken some of these off my other plants
[10:07] taken some of these off my other plants and it did show it in the beginning
[10:09] and it did show it in the beginning now whether they're healing because of
[10:11] now whether they're healing because of the probiotics and the other stuff that
[10:14] the probiotics and the other stuff that I put in the soil
[10:15] I put in the soil maybe it's fighting it back to some
[10:17] maybe it's fighting it back to some degree it's hard to say I mean I really
[10:19] degree it's hard to say I mean I really don't know all right so I want to add
[10:22] don't know all right so I want to add this to the video and the facade verses
[10:26] this to the video and the facade verses verticillium video now this is shot a
[10:29] verticillium video now this is shot a few days after I haven't had a chance to
[10:31] few days after I haven't had a chance to actually edit that video yet so I figure
[10:34] actually edit that video yet so I figure I would add this to I'm not sure if I'll
[10:36] I would add this to I'm not sure if I'll put it in the beginning or at the end
[10:38] put it in the beginning or at the end but I do want to make a point over here
[10:40] but I do want to make a point over here and one of the things you got to kind of
[10:44] and one of the things you got to kind of be careful of one that when you're
[10:46] be careful of one that when you're trying to diagnose why your plant is
[10:48] trying to diagnose why your plant is wilting and I'm not a hundred percent
[10:50] wilting and I'm not a hundred percent sure why this plant it's wilting but a
[10:52] sure why this plant it's wilting but a couple of these plants that are coming
[10:54] couple of these plants that are coming out of this one pot like right here this
[10:56] out of this one pot like right here this one was really wilting pretty bad okay
[10:59] one was really wilting pretty bad okay let me assume yeah okay this one was
[11:02] let me assume yeah okay this one was wilting really bad all right and so is
[11:05] wilting really bad all right and so is this one this one
[11:06] this one this one isn't recovering yet but it was won't
[11:08] isn't recovering yet but it was won't think this one looked as bad as that now
[11:10] think this one looked as bad as that now every leaf on this plant looks like this
[11:12] every leaf on this plant looks like this okay it's wilting it's sagging down and
[11:15] okay it's wilting it's sagging down and I'm not a hundred percent sure as to what is causing that.
[11:17] I'm not a hundred percent sure as to what is causing that it could be bacterial wilt or it could be an insect.
[11:20] bacterial wilt or it could be an insect inside the pot that is simply eating the roots.
[11:23] inside the pot that is simply eating the roots that does happen and it could be anything.
[11:25] that does happen and it could be anything could be fungus gnats it could be any one of those kind of things and those little maggots get inside the root system.
[11:28] could be fungus gnats it could be any one of those kind of things and those little maggots get inside the root system a just feed on the roots.
[11:31] a just feed on the roots they eat all those little fresh white roots and then the plant goes into a wilt stay.
[11:32] they eat all those little fresh white roots and then the plant goes into a wilt stay meanwhile you're thinking oh well you know.
[11:34] meanwhile you're thinking oh well you know and you might legitimately have a couple of plants in here that are exhibiting the sorry I'm inverter psyllium mill and or any of the bacterial welts.
[11:36] exhibiting the sorry I'm inverter psyllium mill and or any of the bacterial welts now one of one of my plans definitely had bacteria well which I soon as I noticed that I ripped it out.
[11:37] now one of one of my plans definitely had bacteria well which I soon as I noticed that I ripped it out it was basically dead anyway but as soon as I seen I got rid of it.
[11:40] it was basically dead anyway but as soon as I seen I got rid of it and I know that it was bacterial wilt because the pith on the inside of the stem was completely hollowed out.
[11:42] and I know that it was bacterial wilt because the pith on the inside of the stem was completely hollowed out and that's a sign of bacterial wilt or it could even possibly been viral viral disease.
[11:43] and that's a sign of bacterial wilt or it could even possibly been viral viral disease but I'm pretty sure it was viral is not.
[12:16] I'm pretty sure it was viral is not really common it's kind of rare but if
[12:18] really common it's kind of rare but if it is it was one of the other I pretty
[12:20] it is it was one of the other I pretty confident was bacterial wilt because it
[12:23] confident was bacterial wilt because it the and so even though the pith was gone
[12:26] the and so even though the pith was gone I stuck my finger where I cut the stem
[12:28] I stuck my finger where I cut the stem and it was like sticky like a gummy
[12:30] and it was like sticky like a gummy gluey coming out of it and when you see
[12:32] gluey coming out of it and when you see that that's bacterial well but these
[12:35] that that's bacterial well but these plants were wilting pretty badly
[12:37] plants were wilting pretty badly this one was wilting really bad and then
[12:40] this one was wilting really bad and then this one picked back up this one wilted
[12:43] this one picked back up this one wilted is wilting and it's still wilting and it
[12:46] is wilting and it's still wilting and it looks like some of the leaf might be
[12:47] looks like some of the leaf might be dying but it might come back and if it
[12:49] dying but it might come back and if it doesn't I'm just going to remove the
[12:50] doesn't I'm just going to remove the plant now that also happened to another
[12:54] plant now that also happened to another plant over
[13:00] over here one of my wild plants that are
[13:04] over here one of my wild plants that are coming up I noticed when it was first
[13:06] coming up I noticed when it was first coming up it was grown grown grown this
[13:08] coming up it was grown grown grown this one here that's laying back and it's
[13:11] one here that's laying back and it's laying down now but one time it was
[13:13] laying down now but one time it was growing upwards and all of a sudden the
[13:16] growing upwards and all of a sudden the next day I come in I was kind of water
[13:18] next day I come in I was kind of water in it was getting watered from being watered around here.
[13:19] but next day I come back and it was completely wilted out.
[13:23] just like I showed you on the other plant and it didn't make any sense to me.
[13:27] I'm like God that thing stopped you know for a cilium or it's got four serie man.
[13:31] it's got some kind of wilt disease and so and this one kind of did the same thing.
[13:35] and a lot of times I'll notice that the plants will go through this little stage and then they'll end up bouncing back.
[13:41] they pick back up and they're grown like that one you see back there.
[13:44] that's grown like as if it never had a problem and it's going fine.
[13:49] so sometimes you'll get this massive problem with the wilt disease and you know you'll see your plants wilting.
[13:56] and first thing here to say our veterinarian.
[13:57] right now the only time I see an entire plant like this wilt out that's usually a bacterial wilt.
[14:05] that tells me that it's most likely bacterial or viral and it's not most likely a phone that fungal type of a wealth like this right here.
[14:14] is a fungal type of a welt right here you see this one's wilting out it's coming out.
[14:18] this one's wilting out it's coming out of that one pot it's probably getting infect the rest of the plants but when
[14:22] infect the rest of the plants but when you see that kind of effect on it like slowly but surely it's climbing up the plant
[14:26] this is another one that might possibly have four serie more verticillium
[14:30] this is a good sign of it this is some of the effects you'll see from when you're getting will is it'll start with the lower leaves will start to wilt out
[14:39] you can feel the leaves at the bottom they're kind of soft and spongy and they'll eventually turn yellow and yet they come off and then it keeps going up the plant until it gets to the top of the plant and eventually if the plant will just completely die
[14:52] that's a sign of a fungal will whereas a bacterial wilt the whole plant will just suddenly look like this the next day BAM because the bacterial wilt gets inside the pith of the stem and it travels up the stem very quickly and it eats the pith out very fast and when it does that the plant is pretty much cooked it's toast
[15:13] and do only true way to tell what it is is to cut the plant down in the middle you know cut it right in the stem like go and then look on the
[15:20] the stem like go and then look on the inside if you don't see any pith in it.
[15:21] inside if you don't see any pith in it and you know is a bacterial or viral.
[15:23] and you know is a bacterial or viral well where as this kind of a wellness.
[15:25] well where as this kind of a wellness this this this fungal type of oil it's a.
[15:30] this this this fungal type of oil it's a very slow destroying type of will it'll.
[15:33] very slow destroying type of will it'll slowly eat the plane Kelly it doesn't.
[15:36] slowly eat the plane Kelly it doesn't recover from it so I just want to make.
[15:39] recover from it so I just want to make those distinctions before you proceed.
[15:40] those distinctions before you proceed with the video or it'll be after the.
[15:43] with the video or it'll be after the video just make sure you watch a video.
[15:44] video just make sure you watch a video to the end in order to see this or else.
[15:46] to the end in order to see this or else you're not going to understand some of.
[15:48] you're not going to understand some of the other things I'm talking about but.
[15:50] the other things I'm talking about but in this particular case I don't think.
[15:54] in this particular case I don't think either one of these are associated with.
[15:56] either one of these are associated with either bacterial or viral well or fungal.
[16:00] either bacterial or viral well or fungal will I just think that the plant was.
[16:02] will I just think that the plant was wilting because something happened.
[16:04] wilting because something happened inside the root system it could be.
[16:06] inside the root system it could be anything it could even possibly be.
[16:08] anything it could even possibly be nematodes it could be it could be like.
[16:11] nematodes it could be it could be like maggots from from the fungus gnats they.
[16:16] maggots from from the fungus gnats they get in if there's enough of them they'll.
[16:18] get in if there's enough of them they'll get in there and eat the roots so it.
[16:20] get in there and eat the roots so it could be something to that effect that's could be something to that effect that's causing this little problem on this causing this little problem on this plant now it's from the top all the way to the bottom it's not showing any signs of late blight early blight on a leaf at all it just dropped dead basically and that's something other than possibly being a a wilt disease like when you see stuff like this coming up towards the top of the plant that's that's like a fungal will getting into the inside lymphatic system of the plant when you see the leaves are coming off the top of my plant and they're really small they're not really bumping out that's a sign that there's a problem inside that pot I should take that pot down open up the whole thing look at all a root system and examine exactly what's going on the root system if you see brown or dark roots then you know that there's something some kind of a disease it's something something's going on inside the root system but in a case like this where you see the entire plant is just suddenly drops dead that was doing good.
[17:22] suddenly drops dead that was doing good and then one day it's dropping dead it's
[17:24] and then one day it's dropping dead it's not he it's not a getting plenty of
[17:26] not he it's not a getting plenty of water it's not
[17:27] water it's not the issue is something happened at a
[17:29] the issue is something happened at a root system and I'm not sure of what it
[17:31] root system and I'm not sure of what it is it could be an insect that went in
[17:33] is it could be an insect that went in there and just fed on the root for the
[17:35] there and just fed on the root for the last month and then finally now the
[17:37] last month and then finally now the plant can't get enough water to support
[17:39] plant can't get enough water to support a plant that's you know four and a half
[17:41] a plant that's you know four and a half five feet tall and can't support that so
[17:44] five feet tall and can't support that so it goes into this stage of well now it's
[17:46] it goes into this stage of well now it's may not necessarily die and it could
[17:48] may not necessarily die and it could come back but like this one bounced back
[17:52] come back but like this one bounced back this one looked as bad as that okay this
[17:54] this one looked as bad as that okay this one's bounced but it's but it's not 100%
[17:56] bounced back but it's definitely coming
[17:58] back to much better this one's
[18:00] definitely the leaves are thickening
[18:02] back up this ones are getting a little
[18:04] back up this ones are getting a little more stiffer on it whereas if you look
[18:06] more stiffer on it whereas if you look at this it's like paper-thin if I move
[18:08] at this it's like paper-thin if I move my finger across it'll just tear apart
[18:09] my finger across it'll just tear apart this one you know it's stiffening up
[18:12] this one you know it's stiffening up again that's at the good sign that means
[18:14] again that's at the good sign that means it's kind of bouncing back this one's
[18:15] it's kind of bouncing back this one's still a little bit hanging loose but
[18:17] still a little bit hanging loose but it's slowly but surely coming back so
[18:20] it's slowly but surely coming back so why it's doing that I'm not a hundred
[18:23] why it's doing that I'm not a hundred percent sure I doubt highly this in this particular case this one is a wilt disease I'm pretty confident that it has something to do with an insect of some type that's in there now there there is an insect that gets inside the stem at a plant and it travels up and down your tomato plant it's very similar to the vine boring insect I'd never knew that we had you know tomato vine boring insects I've never knew that until I moved here and that was the first time I seen it and they look like a type of caterpillar almost that gets on the inside and they eat the pit out as well and if that happens well then that's why your plants are dying is because those tomato vine borers are getting inside so just because your plants are wilting it may not necessarily be because of a well virus one of the things you could probably try and do and if this plant doesn't recover soon you can try taking a razor blade and cutting down the length of the stem and see if you can
[19:23] length of the stem and see if you can peel it open and see if there's any pith.
[19:25] peel it open and see if there's any pith on the inside that won't necessarily kill the plant and it could recover.
[19:29] providing you put a little tape on and keep it back together but at least you'll you'll get a look at what's going on on the inside because that's really going to determine whether you have sorry I'm a verticillium because the inside will be brown you'll have some kind of brown streak in it or it's just starting you'll see something brown in there see anything brown in there that's a that's a fungal disease if it's not brown and there's no pith in the middle then that's a bacterial or a viral disease most likely bacterial all right so I just wanted to cover that land I guess you can proceed to the video or this will be at the end of the video.