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| Ok Its been raining for nearly two weeks here... I haven't done any additional watering. I have nearly a dozen unripened fruit on this particular grape tomato plant (as well as other cherry toms that are nearby). These are the only two fruit with these black specks (also happened to be the oldest fruit).. is this bacterial speck... will it spread? Should I remove these fruit? Should allow it to ripen? Should I buy some copper sulfate? (I'd rather hold off on this if it is unlikely to spread). uggggh. (PS I tried posting this before and it didn't seem to show up so if this post shows up twice my apologies in advance). |
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Mon, Jun 17, 13 at 7:04
| Bacterial Speck is most often seen as lesions on the leaves, petioles and stems. And with the picture you show I don't see that. Rarely do lesions appear on fruits, and I don't see the typical lesions on the fruits you show either,''What I see is faint striping on those fruits. What variety is it? Carolyn |
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| The spots on the fruit are more likely a mechanical damage than disease (most likely from insect feeding). |
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| Fungicide wouldn't hurt. Who knows how wet or dry the rest of the season will be? I just planted 6 tomatoes I had been holding back since I didn't start that many, and replaced a couple that looked really bad from all the rain, ad now we're under a Severe T-Storm Watch (sigh). Still have about a dozen to replace, and 50 peppers to plant out (1 is starting to blossom and they're still in 6-packs). |
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