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one of my tomato plants is dying

REMF33REMF33 Posts: 731
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The rest are fine (different varieies and another two of this type)... so far. It has had the same treatment as the others. Grown on a quadgrow tank outdoors. The tomatoes are fine (and rather good. Honeycomb), but clearly I won't be getting many more of them at this rate. I have removed it from the quadgrow to isolate it (somewhat) from the others. Any suggestions/diagnoses?

I sense the clue may be in the stem.




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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I’m sorry but that looks like blight to me ... the
    black patches on the stems along with the other signs indicate blight. I would move it away from all other tomatoes/potatoes and bag and bin it. 
    😞 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • REMF33REMF33 Posts: 731
    Oh no :( it was close to another 7 plants.
  • REMF33REMF33 Posts: 731
    Should I ditch the other plants? Or removed spotty leaves and wait and see?

    I am growing some blight resistant varieties, but that doesn't mean blight proof, especially not if growing right next to the blighty one.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    In the past I’ve kept blighted plants going long enough to get some fruit from them. 

    I inspected morning and evening and cut off and bagged any parts of the leaves that had the telltale grey blotches ... by doing that I kept them going for several weeks ... long enough to get quite a few ripe tomatoes and some hefty trusses of green tomatoes ...  some of them ripened indoors and the rest made several jars of green tomato chutney. 

    All may not be lost ... but be vigilant. 

    Good luck 🤞 🍅 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I would remove those trusses and ripen them indoors ... they've turned paler green which means they're almost ripe and will colour up very soon.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • REMF33REMF33 Posts: 731
    Ok thanks. I had a bit of a prune on my balcony ones first thing this morning. Will venture down the garden and sort these and their friends out later today. My three patios ones are beinig nibbled, but otherwise look spot free so far. I am going to have a blight resistant variety only year next year, I think.
  • REMF33REMF33 Posts: 731
    btw the orange ones are actually ripe and ready to eat.
    The latest GW magazine, which arrived yesteray, is mocking me with its cover ;)
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