Why have the leaves on my tomato plant turned yellow?
How To Identify Tomato Plant Mosaic Virus There are many viruses which can attack your vegetables and the mosaic virus is becoming more common each year. The key sign is mottled areas of yellow leaves which at the same time become distorted. See the picture below and click on it for a larger picture. It mainly affects tomato and cucumber plants. The tomato plant picture on the left (click it to enlarge it) shows the distinctive yellow leaves which are almost bronze in colour when the disease is advanced. There are many variations of mosaic virus, spotted wilt, streak, fern leaf to name but a few. They have slightly different symptoms but all can be identified but the distinctive yellowing leaves. How to Treat Mosaic Virus There is no known cure, but all is not necessarily lost. Some advice is to dig up the plant and burn it but that advice is now generally thought to be out of date. Mosaic virus is transmitted from plant to plant in two key ways, by insects and by you, the gardener. Bo
