Texas Gardening: Anyone else in CenTex having this problem?, 1 by GFWaco

GFWaco wrote:
Hi All, well, here it is - I have found the culprit with the heirloom tomato plant. Don't know the name of it but it is a bug of some kind that crept its way into the stem of the plant. This morning I was out spraying the leaves of the tomato plants and it was fine, then literally 2 hour later I came out and it was toppled over as if eaten from the inside out. So I pulled it not wanting to take a chance with the other plants, and I noticed bumps on the stem I had not seen before and all these scaly places that were not visible before either.

Being that it happed so fast, I knew it was infested and didn't take the chance the other plants would be next. I have inspected the other plants and don't see any of the same symptoms but all I can do it pray since I can't use chemicals. If anyone knows what this is, I would love to know.