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September 5, 2013 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Honey Brook, PA Zone 6b
Posts: 399
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Late Blight?
I'm having a problem with my tomato plants that I think might be Late Blight, but I kind of wanted at least some confirmation.
I cannot post photos unfortunately. I'm not trying to save the plants this year, but would like to know so I could consider doing something different next year. I am afraid that I have quite a few Roma tomatoes hanging that probably won't ripen. First of all I found out after planting that I had them too close (18" apart) in a Florida Weave. I did not prune out any growth, just wove it in. The plants have lost their leaves from the bottom up, very, very quickly. The still green leaves are not spotted at all, but have brown areas or sections of leaf, sometimes at the tip, sometimes on the side of the leaf. and then the whole leaf turns brown. But from what I've read of Late Blight there should be a darker area within the diseased section, but I'm not seeing that. Some of the fruit has turned gray, but not fuzzy, more pebbly in appearance. In the case of the cherry tomato, it's the whole fruit, but only parts of the larger tomatoes. But I wasn't sure if this was part of the leaf disease or some kind of sunscald because of the leaf loss. The disease seemed to progress the fastest on Super Sweet 100 cherry, but also affected Golden Jubilee, Roma, and Husky Gold. Any thoughts would be appreciated. |
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