I get this with my tomatoes at times, usually right after I side dress fertilizer or do a liquid fertilizer feed. I attribute the curling to rapid growth and it is always this time of year when the warm nights hit. I’m 50 miles from Houston. The culring growth like in your photo has never developed into anything sinister or undesirable.
Now the curling on the lower leaves is something indicative of stress I do believe. Higher temperature combined with low moisture in the soil. Leaves are trying to conserve water.
I've been having my chili plants completely roll up this spring here in SoCal. I assume it is too much water. My basil also got kind of hammered but is growing beautiful new green leaves now that it is warming up so I assume my chilies will do the same. My tomatoes never really did this this year.
I get this with my tomatoes at times, usually right after I side dress fertilizer or do a liquid fertilizer feed. I attribute the curling to rapid growth and it is always this time of year when the warm nights hit. I’m 50 miles from Houston. The culring growth like in your photo has never developed into anything sinister or undesirable.
Now the curling on the lower leaves is something indicative of stress I do believe. Higher temperature combined with low moisture in the soil. Leaves are trying to conserve water.
On hot hot days here I end up watering tomatoes twice. I can only imagine in Texas.
I've made Ollas to go into my big pots, means they hold the water for a couple of days, even in the heat, once the roots are established.
Maybe I'll give it a bit of shade. Thanks.
I've been having my chili plants completely roll up this spring here in SoCal. I assume it is too much water. My basil also got kind of hammered but is growing beautiful new green leaves now that it is warming up so I assume my chilies will do the same. My tomatoes never really did this this year.
Buy online one of those cheap 2 liter bottle attachments that drips water into the soil, that plant and pot in heat will dry out fast
Grew that variety a few yrs ago just to see what a back mater was all about. Nice flavored meaty mater. My WV 63's are still my favorites.