White spots on tomato plants (Pics)

TomNJ · August 11, 2019

Anyone know what these white spots are on my tomato plant stems and leaves? I have never had this before and all 23 plants seem to be affected. It developed in the last week. Weather has been generally dry with a thunderstorm maybe once a week and the plants are quite productive so far.

greenthumbomaha · August 11, 2019

Very strange. I'm sure you would have mentioned a hail storm, but the stems looked damaged like that after a storm here. Many recovered. Following ...

- Lisa

AlittleSalt · August 12, 2019

I have one that has those spots, but not on the stems. I often wonder if we are being experimented on?

zipcode · August 12, 2019

That looks like text book hail damage to me.

TomNJ · August 12, 2019

Ah ha! Yes we did have hail about a week ago! I never thought of that. Thanks so much, I was worried they had some new kind of disease.

KarenO · August 12, 2019

Yes. Mechanical injury. Hail.
KarenO

August 11, 2019	#2
greenthumbomaha Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Omaha Zone 5 Posts: 2,514	Very strange. I'm sure you would have mentioned a hail storm, but the stems looked damaged like that after a storm here. Many recovered. Following ... - Lisa

August 12, 2019	#3
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I have one that has those spots, but not on the stems. I often wonder if we are being experimented on?

August 12, 2019	#4
zipcode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6 Posts: 1,582	That looks like text book hail damage to me.

August 12, 2019	#5
TomNJ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Floyd VA Posts: 771	Ah ha! Yes we did have hail about a week ago! I never thought of that. Thanks so much, I was worried they had some new kind of disease.

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KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	Yes. Mechanical injury. Hail. KarenO