Verticillium,fusarium or???

orflo · June 14, 2007

Hi,
I'm having some suspicious spots on my about half of my eggplants and on some tomatoes. I checked sever websites (ucdavis, cornell and others) and it's not exactly clear to me , I cut the stem of the worst eggplant and removed some off the lower leaves of one of the tomatoes: no brown discoloration showed up, there are no signs of wilting, but still the only close thing I could find is verticillium or fusarium. Can you help me on this one? Oh, and I do respect crop rotation, the eggplants were grown in soil where there hasn't been a vegetable for over twenty years,I took some pictures:

Frank

feldon30 · June 14, 2007

Have you had some heavy rains recently?

orflo · June 14, 2007

The tomatoes are inthe greenhouse, I apply water on a regular base, some of the eggplants are in the greenhouse as well, others (the one I photographed) are outside. We had our usual portion of rain, nothing reallyy heavy or exceptional,
Frank

feldon30 · June 14, 2007

To my untrained eyes, that looks like your garden variety Early Blight.

orflo · June 14, 2007

Is there any early blight on eggplants? I thought this was limited to tomatoes and potatoes,
FRank

hasshoes · June 17, 2007

Aren't early blight pants supposed to have a bulls eye or swirly-esque nature in the dark spot?

This happened to some of my virgin seedlings when I was starting them in the basement because I dumped too much water on them . . . I pulled the icky leaves and the ugliness never camer back. Hopefully it was just too much rain. . .

amideutch · June 18, 2007

orflo, did this problem manifest itself over a long period of time or did it happen overnight. There are many things that can cause problems that show up in the leaves. Disease, nutrient problems (to much or to little) and external problems such as somebody nearby using herbicides. Ami

bcday · June 18, 2007

If it were verticillium or fusarium, you'd see wilting before any yellowing or browning appeared.

The affected tomato leaflets appear to be on an older leaf and without seeing more pics I would have put that browning down to some temporary environmental condition that occurred when the plant was younger.

Unless it is spreading, especially if it starts affecting the newer foliage, I'd just remove the affected leaves and see if anything further develops.

June 14, 2007	#1
orflo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: belgium Posts: 134	Verticillium,fusarium or??? Hi, I'm having some suspicious spots on my about half of my eggplants and on some tomatoes. I checked sever websites (ucdavis, cornell and others) and it's not exactly clear to me , I cut the stem of the worst eggplant and removed some off the lower leaves of one of the tomatoes: no brown discoloration showed up, there are no signs of wilting, but still the only close thing I could find is verticillium or fusarium. Can you help me on this one? Oh, and I do respect crop rotation, the eggplants were grown in soil where there hasn't been a vegetable for over twenty years,I took some pictures: Frank

June 18, 2007	#7
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	orflo, did this problem manifest itself over a long period of time or did it happen overnight. There are many things that can cause problems that show up in the leaves. Disease, nutrient problems (to much or to little) and external problems such as somebody nearby using herbicides. Ami __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

June 14, 2007	#2
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Have you had some heavy rains recently?

June 17, 2007	#6
hasshoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: MT Posts: 438	Aren't early blight pants supposed to have a bulls eye or swirly-esque nature in the dark spot? This happened to some of my virgin seedlings when I was starting them in the basement because I dumped too much water on them . . . I pulled the icky leaves and the ugliness never camer back. Hopefully it was just too much rain. . .

June 18, 2007	#8
bcday Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY z5 Posts: 1,205	If it were verticillium or fusarium, you'd see wilting before any yellowing or browning appeared. The affected tomato leaflets appear to be on an older leaf and without seeing more pics I would have put that browning down to some temporary environmental condition that occurred when the plant was younger. Unless it is spreading, especially if it starts affecting the newer foliage, I'd just remove the affected leaves and see if anything further develops.