Pests and Diseases

Re: Tomato blight?

GardeningFin — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:21:01 GMT

What a relief!

Many thanks for the reply

Fin

Re: Tomato blight?

Phot's-Moll — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:58:38 GMT

You're OK - that's still not blight, it's a form of rot.

This could be the result of a mineral deficiency, so if you're not already feeding them, try some tomato feed.

Some varieties are more prone to this than others - beefsteaks and plum types sometimes rot at the end for me, but regular and cherry types never do. If only a few are affected, then pick them off.

Re: Tomato blight?

GardeningFin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:47:21 GMT

Hi there,

I wonder if anyone could give me some further help. I have some tomatoes which have dark, soft patches of them. Is this a form of blight? Only a couple are like this, not all of them. I had my first ripe tomatoe today - delicious!

Any advice would be appreciated as always.

Kind regards
Fin

Re: Tomato blight?

bogweevil — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:05:16 GMT

No disease this, but physical damage - new growth should be fine - consider if you might have let the plant get battered by wind, get too cold or been a bit ham-fisted at some stage. But the blight season is here so keep the fungicide on every fortnight. Boggy

Re: Tomato blight?

headfullofbees — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:33:06 GMT

Possibly Cladosporium fulvum?

Re: Tomato blight?

Phot's-Moll — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:15:25 GMT

That's not blight. If it was you'd have very obvious brown patches.

http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0803/tomato_blight.asp

Re: Tomato blight?

Rosa — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:46:59 GMT

I wouldn't think this is blight, which is pretty much the same as potato blight. There is an excellent fact sheet on the main RHS site (advice) with the details of what to look for.

So far we haven't seen either here as although there have been a couple of days when conditions were right for it, they were not continuous, so finger crossed!

From you photos, it looks more like insect damage.

Good luck!

Tomato blight?

GardeningFin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:19:53 GMT

Hi,

After reading a bit, I think I may have tomato blight. :-(

Based on the pics below, could someone please confirm? There are currently a few markings on the leaves, but the plant seems fairly healthy at the moment. Is there anything I can do to save them.

Kind regards

Fin