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Looks like it, but I'm not 100% sure....when my toms get blight the stems also are affected.
If it is blight, I'm presuming those are the first signs???
If you have any other piccies, that'd be helpful.
Blight on the toms tends to look more brown/ wrinkley and in patches...you piccie is hard to see.
If that black is at the base of the tomato it looks more like blossom end rot.Last edited by Nicos; 17-08-2014, 11:13 AM."Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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It sure does look like Blight gardening_gal
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I don't panic until I see dark brown/black patches on leaves and stems with a slight white furry coating. The patches on leaves often have rings evident.The proof of the growing is in the eating.
Leave Rotten Fruit.
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potasium - potash.
Autant de têtes, autant d'avis!!!!!
Il n'est si méchant pot qui ne trouve son couvercle.Comment
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How many plants look like this? If it's not many I would cut off the affected leaf sprays and keep an eye on it. Like Nicos says the tom looks more like blossom end rot and the leaf could be any sort of damage if it's just on that one.
Check out the sticky http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ght_33866.html to help you decide for yourself."A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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Cross posting! Good advice TD.Originally posted by teakdesk View Post"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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I don't think that is blight. The foliage looks too green and healthy. The tomatoes at my friend's house have blight and their leaves have the charactaristic brown blotches with a paler rim, mucky looking black splodges on the stems and a translucent brown hue on some of the fruit. I agree that tomato probably has blossom end rot.A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard NimoyComment
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This is the first plant I've seen with this so if it is blight it is the very early stages.
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Yup your right gardening_gal it might be very early stages of Blight but the plant does look very healthy..Just keep an eye on it my friend
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Well I've cut out a lot of what looked dodgy and there's more air getting round the plants now so I suppose I'll just have to wait and see.
There's only one red tom, all the rest are green so I was really hoping the plants would hang on in there.Comment
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the bottom of those 3 pictures shows a leaf with the classic symptoms of magnesium deficiency. This usually affects the older (bottom) leaves first. Give the plants a feed of something like tomorite and they should be fine. Definitely NOT blight.A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard NimoyComment
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They've been getting fed Tomorite twice a week for a while now. I even measure the right amounts, I don't guess.Originally posted by Penellype View Post
Those leaves were taken from the top of the plant, they weren't old ones.
Most of the 'bad' leaves were from the back of the plant so I'm assuming there wasn't good airflow.
Edit: Should I spray them with Epsom Salts?Last edited by gardening_gal; 17-08-2014, 02:05 PM.Comment
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It is not blight. It's magnesium deficiency. My tomato plant has it.Carrie
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Like I say, plants have been fed twice a week so what to do? Increase strength? Feed 3, or 4 times a week? I don't understand why they are deficient when they've been getting fed at least the recommended amount. I did read somewhere that people feed every single watering but with a more dilute mixture. Maybe I'd be better trying that?
Mind you I'm happy if it is just a deficiency, I just can't get my head round why.Comment
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