septoria leaf spot or bacterial speck

TightenUp · June 17, 2013

whats the easiest was to tell which disease is present?

i've been very actively spraying with actinovate, exel lg and molasses and my plants look great. my brother-in-law on the other hand doesn't seem to think its worth his time and now has some disease on the lower parts of his plants. he still says "ah its normal and the rest of the plants look fine" but i know otherwise. i'm also seeing what appears to be herbicide damage

based on some quick research(google images) it appears to be one of these two problems. i'm leaning towards bacterial speck but just wondering if anyone has a tip for differentiating these common diseases?

June 17, 2013	#1
TightenUp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Jersey Posts: 1,183	septoria leaf spot or bacterial speck whats the easiest was to tell which disease is present? i've been very actively spraying with actinovate, exel lg and molasses and my plants look great. my brother-in-law on the other hand doesn't seem to think its worth his time and now has some disease on the lower parts of his plants. he still says "ah its normal and the rest of the plants look fine" but i know otherwise. i'm also seeing what appears to be herbicide damage based on some quick research(google images) it appears to be one of these two problems. i'm leaning towards bacterial speck but just wondering if anyone has a tip for differentiating these common diseases? __________________