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Tomato plant wilting?

MontysGalMontysGal Posts: 70
in Fruit & veg
Hello all! The growing tips on my tomatoes look unhappy this morning. I'm wondering if I've over-fed them? Any thing I can do?
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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Looks like the start of blight.
  • MontysGalMontysGal Posts: 70
    Thanks @fidgetbones 😔 Is it too late to do anything for them? 
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Were there any tomatoes on that plant? If not then don't feed . It has probably been stressed feeding too soon, allowing blight in, not much can help with blight .
  • MontysGalMontysGal Posts: 70
    Yes, all three plants have fruit on them. So disappointed as they were doing so well until the heavy rain over the past 2 days. Thanks @purplerallim
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Unfortunately outdoor tomatoes tend to be prone to blight in this country. Too much humidity.
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    What variety are they?
  • MontysGalMontysGal Posts: 70
    @purplerallim I’m unsure as they were given to me by my neighbour...
  • celcius_kkwcelcius_kkw Posts: 753
    Sorry to hijack the thread a little.. if the plant is affected by blight would it render the fruits/tomatoes inedible?? 
  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    celcius_kkw said:
    Sorry to hijack the thread a little.. if the plant is affected by blight would it render the fruits/tomatoes inedible?? 

    Not unless the plant is so far gone the fruit have blight as well, and you will know if they do, they go brown and soft.
  • GemmaJFGemmaJF Posts: 2,286
    edited July 2020
    Unfortunately once they have blight, there is little to be done about it.

    One way to help avoid it, is removing lower leaves.

    The spores are practically everywhere, when it rains they can be splashed up onto the lower leaves from the soil and that is when the spores will spread to the new growth.

    Ensuring any lower leaves touching soil and all the way up to the first truss have been removed has been the best solution I've found for warding off blight outdoors. I do it in stages, first the lowest, but as soon as there is vigorous enough top growth, and a second or third truss, I strip them off so the plants have really good air flow low down.

    If you need to water do it in the mornings and avoid wetting the foliage if possible.
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