Bacterial Speck ???

[TDQ64]

My green Tomatoes have tiny brown spots, from what I.ve read...bacterial speck.
Apparently the causes that Ive been messing up on are...they are too bushy (not enough air flow)
Watering at night and spraying the entire plant.
Changed it all....Thinned them out and stopped watering the way I was.
Are these Tomatoes ok to eat or are they a total loss?
Will the Tomatoes from here out be ok?
Thanks for any input as I've never had issues with my plants before.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by TDQ64

My green Tomatoes have tiny brown spots, from what I.ve read...bacterial speck.
Apparently the causes that Ive been messing up on are...they are too bushy (not enough air flow)
Watering at night and spraying the entire plant.
Changed it all....Thinned them out and stopped watering the way I was.
Are these Tomatoes ok to eat or are they a total loss?
Will the Tomatoes from here out be ok?
Thanks for any input as I've never had issues with my plants before.

Have you checked any of the disease sites that are listed in the Problem Solver at the top of this Forum, I think TAMU and the Cornell site are best, in order to help confirm your diagnosis?.

And I suggst that b/c it' Bacterial Speck or Spot the first symptoms would be seen on the foliage as well as the petioles bending down, not on the fruits.

The problem is not really airflow since the four major bad guys that are responsible for tomato foliage infections are spread via air and in rain droplets so hit the foliage first.

How many plants are you growing and how many have spots on the fruits?

Any pictures showing individual leaves,some all green and then some with the typical spots, often with yellow halos, that can be seen?

[TDQ64]

[/IMG][/IMG][/IMG]Here's a few pics.....
Leaves in general look quite healthy, I did include a pic of some that look to have some bug damage....Only a handful look like this.
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[carolyn137]

I do see the specks on the immature and ripe fruits, but on the immature ones, if it's Speck, they should be surrounded by a green halo. And the ripe fruits should not have so many pin point spots, rather much larger ones.

So maybe Bacterial Spot, except I don't see the trypical lesions of either Speck or Spot on the leaves, which usually occurs before any fruit lesions.

The white spots are, as you say, probably bug damage, possibly flea beetles.

Do you see any lesions on the stems at all? And how many plants do you have out there and how many have these symptoms and are the ones with symptoms raised by you from seed or purchased?

[TDQ64]

I have four plants, two Better Boy and two Beefsteak. Stems look good as a majority of leaves do. Maybe even overly healthy, plants so big you'd think they're on steroids. They are all store purchased plants.
All four are showing signs of these spots, some Tomatoes are worse than others.
Biggest concern is whether they are edible. Nothing like waiting all Winter to plant Tomatoes and end up throwing them out.