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| It was a very hot humid, and rainy weekend. Went to check on tomatoes only to find this... Is it a fungus? |
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- Posted by PupillaCharites 9a (My Page) on Mon, Sep 1, 14 at 20:30
| So sorry. I have been having my own run in. Google Early Blight fungus and you will see more of what's in your picture. Remove all affected oleaves if possible, hit them with Chlorothalonil (Daconil) on what's left top and bottom, stems, healthy, and you can negotiate the best path possible to the goal of recovering whatever is on the plant. Best luck PC edited to add non-organic fungicide name, if that is acceptable to your growing practices. The lesions are quite large and you must have had a lot of wetness over the vacation, or just not noticed the earlier signs. And keep leaves dry as possible |
This post was edited by PupillaCharites on Mon, Sep 1, 14 at 20:41
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| Over the winter take the time to learn about the early symptoms of the disease so that you can intervene earlier. It doesn't develop to this degree in just 24-48 hours. So next year you'll be able to note the early symptoms. You are fortunate that it waited until this late in the season. :) Dave |
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| Thank you both.....:( |
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| Remove all the infected leaves since the fungus can jump from one leave to another and keep infecting the rest of the plant. |
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| Dave, when I wrote in this thread Early blight?!?!?: > Whatever it is, remove the diseased branches and spray a fungicide - preferably organic. You immediately corrected me saying: > Point is Daniel it should be "fungicide of choice". When PupillaCharites wrote: > Remove all affected leaves if possible, hit them with Chlorothalonil (Daconil)… Your "fungicide of choice" theory doesn't apply ??? Lilsprout, you might or might not know, that fungicide could be organic or synthetic. Most of the synthetic fungicides can be dangerous to your health. Daconil is one of them. There are many other options of safer organic fungicides. |
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| And we're off ! |
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| Yes Daniel, I'm aware....but thank you so much! |
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| I keep spraying with fungicide. Even though there is a chance of 60% rain tomorrow, I sprayed my plants anyway. I want my plants stay healthy until the frost kills them. This way I stand a better chance to pick few more ripe fruits. Last year I lost them to grey mold in September. as the old adage goes: AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN A POUND OF CURE. |
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| Yeah, me too, I spray WEEKLY. Seysonn, what's your "fungicide of choice ?" |
This post was edited by Daniel_NY on Tue, Sep 2, 14 at 5:53
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- Posted by catherinet 5 IN (My Page) on Tue, Sep 2, 14 at 6:32
| I see you're in zone 5. Do you have ripe tomatoes yet? I'm thinking you could do nothing and you'd still get a pretty good tomato harvest. Most of my leaves on my plants are gone from blight, but I still got a pretty good harvest. |
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| No ripe ones yet, not even blush. |
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| Seysonn, what's your "fungicide of choice ?" %%%%%%%%%% Daniel, I have both Daconil and Neem OIl. But I use Daconil on tomatoes, Neem on peppers, cucumbers, other veggies. N.O. is claimed to be also a pesticide. |
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| catherinet wrote: > Most of my leaves on my plants are gone from blight... catherinet, did you fungicide ? From day one ? seysonn, so you use Daconil. ok. |
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- Posted by catherinet 5 IN (My Page) on Wed, Sep 3, 14 at 10:28
| No I didn't. I don't use anything in my garden. Some years my yield is extraordinary........I just take it as it comes. |
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| catherinet, any particular reason why you don't use fungicide - or "anything" how you wrote ? |
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