Tomato desease - need help.

10 years ago

I have what appears to be Septoria Leaf Spot disease.
Small brown spots appear on leaf and eventually the whole leaf dies.
I went to a nursery, showed then an infected and dying leaf.
They gave me two bottles: one is Carbaryl and the other is Mancozeb.

I have been spraying my plants once a week - with one one day with the other the next day for over a month.
It does not help.

I have also been cutting off the diseased branches, that also does not help.
Some of my plants have almost no branches left.

It appears that I might be killing my plants by removing the infected branches, so I am thinking of giving up and letting the disease kill them.

On the bottom of my plants there are lots of tomatoes and they are ripening.
on the top there are no new flowers.

I live in South Bend Indiana and we had a lot of rainy days this year.

Suggestions of solution appreciated.

Paul

Comments (4)

73dave
10 years ago
Hi Paul,

I have the same problem and I've gone through it in previous years. This year seems a little worse because of the weather extremes. I've started spraying with sulfur and it has given me some control. I have done the same thing removing diseased leaves daily. My "maters" are looking naked but I think I can salvage the tomatoes left on the plant. "Carbaryl " is an insecticide , so I don't think it will help you with the Septoria. We can only hope for dry weather !!
fireduck
10 years ago
Always read your labels when applying to plants. The manufacturer wants you to know the facts. For you guys that are in areas where summer rains can be a problem...it can be a fungal challenge. We have not had rain for 5 months. Control is pretty easy here in SoCal....
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MLcom
10 years ago
Suggest go to this section of the forum http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/tompests/

was set up for that type of ?

ml
DVTO2
10 years ago
I use fertile soil, drip irrigation, and a mulch to cover the ground to try and hold down the viruses. So far I am getting some problems on the lower leaves of some plants but am doing much better, here in northern CT, than I have before I started doing this. I use cardboard boxes for mulch - they are cheap (free from the dump) and easy to lay down.