Here's a photo of my Kwintus pole bean leaves- Every plane has the "quilted" puffy new leaves- No bugs- it is really crazy.
This is a very weird year for veggies!
And my tomatoes with gnarled growth.
More nasty looking tomatoes
At least you don't have smut!
I guess there's a problem for everyone!
I'd never heard of it before I read Glenda's threa and now I'm creeped out.
My latest dilemna is...
At least I know I'm not the only one w/ plants like that. Everything else looks pretty okay, but my tomatoes and green beans look just like yours. Crazy!
Are yours flowering? Mine are and look like they will produce fine. I guess we just have to wait and see.
I wonder if it is a zone thing.
This message was edited Jun 30, 2010 6:35 AM
Many people are having the some problem. The first thing that comes to mind is herbicide damage. There are many points of entry for herbicide contamination (i.e. manure, compost, hay/straw mulch, water, drift from neighbors and nearby fields). Google 2,4-D and Clopyralid and compost. You will get several hits. This is becoming an all too common problem.
Good news, though, it won't destroy your garden. No need to pull everything and start over. Some of the plants may not produce above the damage, most may progress as normal.
Obviously the photo didn't show the situation. The cucumber leaves are chewed off completely to the vine up the entire plant, leaving behind a dozen of almost cukes!
My beans are actually doing great, though I'm running a bit behind. The bush beans are flowering, and some of the poles are right behind. (The first 2 plantings of beans must've rotted with all the rain, but the last batch took off running.)
I have heard a lot about the herbicide damage too. I don't use them and buy most of my stuff as organic. I got my manure from a dairy that does not use them either. Although the fields around them might. You never know.
WOW! When I read about these problems from all over the country, I am agreeing that it must be some contaminated soils- possible the bags of steer manure I buy at Lowe's? I have one area where 3 tomatoes are planted that are fine- and if my memory serves me right, I didn't add any steer manure there, as I had just added some homemade compost last year.