Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs 62 to 70 above 6000 feet to 69 to 74 below 6000 feet. Areas of winds northwest 15 to 25 mph. Gusts to 40 mph...Becoming 35 mph in the afternoon.
Many gardeners have been puzzled by the sudden wilting and death of tomato plants. Possible causes of wilting include lack of water, vascular wilts, tomato spotted wilt virus, walnut toxicity, or stalk borers. Tomato plants require approximately 1 inch of water per week.
University of Illinois. Occasionally, fruit trees decline and often die. Diseases affecting. the leaves, fruit, and twigs of fruit trees usually do not cause the. trees to die, except for cherry leaf spot disease on sour cherries, the. black knot disease on plums, and the fireblight disease on certain. varieties of apples and pears.