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  • what happened to this tomato plant ?

    hi,

    any ideas what happened to the tomato plant [center] in the attached picture ?

    the owner said she hadn't watered for a while - left it up to mother nature.

    but i see the other plants either side are not affected as much.

    thanks
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  • #2
    Has it gone slimey and dark, or has it gone dry and crispy dark?

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    • #3
      Are they all the same variety?

      I ask because I have six Cuor di Bue plants and they have succumbed in similar style while their neighbours have not. It started when we had a few very cold nights (at or just below 10 ºC). They are not suffering from blight. Might this plant be more susceptible to cold?

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      • #4
        i have limited information - i'll have to ask the owner - i'm asking on her behalf.

        from the picture she sent me; they don't look slimey. they look dry.

        i've attached a picture of the tomatoes that have gone bad as well - if that provides any further clues.

        i was thinking this might be blight.

        thanks
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        • #5
          Andy Veg. That looks like blight on the tomatoes.

          And when your back stops aching,
          And your hands begin to harden.
          You will find yourself a partner,
          In the glory of the garden.

          Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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          • #6
            Weird. Tomato fruit looks like blight, the picture of the plan less so, though clearly catastrophic. If the other plants don't get it then it might not be blight, but judging by the fruit I'd say it is...
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            1574 gin and tonics please Monica, large ones.

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            • #7
              Actually, deffo blight on the fruit
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              1574 gin and tonics please Monica, large ones.

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              • #8
                I agree, looks like blight particularly on the fruit. I've had a single plant catch it in a row of others of the same variety that haven't (well so far they haven't, fingers crossed).
                Location ... Nottingham

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                • #9
                  Definitely blight. If you zoom in on the photo you can see the charactaristic black areas on the stems even where they look green. The fruit also has absolutely classic blight damage.

                  Not good I'm afraid. My advice would be to pick any remaining green fruit on all the plants and make chutney or try to ripen them indoors (probably too late though). You should be able to compost the plants - I have done so with blighted tomatoes and not had problems the following year.
                  A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                  • #10
                    thanks everyone - appreciate your thoughts.

                    i'll tell the owner the bad news.

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                    • #11
                      Chutney perhaps - I put 25 apparently blight free green toms on the windowsill after my plot toms were affected - only 1 didn't end up brown with infection and that one dried out before ripening...
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                      1574 gin and tonics please Monica, large ones.

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                      • #12
                        That's the trouble with blight, by the time you notice any symptoms it has invaded the whole plant and nothing can really be saved.
                        A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Penellype View Post
                          Definitely blight. If you zoom in on the photo you can see the charactaristic black areas on the stems even where they look green. The fruit also has absolutely classic blight damage.

                          Not good I'm afraid. My advice would be to pick any remaining green fruit on all the plants and make chutney or try to ripen them indoors (probably too late though). You should be able to compost the plants - I have done so with blighted tomatoes and not had problems the following year.
                          Totally agree! With not a shadow of a doubt!
                          "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad"

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