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cwavec · June 21, 2018

@AlittleSalt, @Johnniemar, @brownrexx, @nbardo

Good points all. I'm still in contact with the plant pathologists and
there may be more to say but for now:

There has been the suggestion of too much fertilizer although I don't
use much. Each plant has had a total of 2 oz. TomatoTone. The
nutrition expert at Cornell says the rec. is 3 TBSP, which would be
1- 1/2 oz. I don't think the difference here would cause problems
especially as 1 oz. was mid-May and 1 oz. now. So I will reduce it
a bit next year.

I have also had Late Blight here and fought it for 4 years until it
was gone. So I do know what it looks like but the question was if
this could have been a very early stage of infection. Some photos

online look like this but evidently the answer is no.

The discolored parts do not feel any different.

June 21, 2018	#8
cwavec Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: PA - 5b Posts: 92	Answers @AlittleSalt, @Johnniemar, @brownrexx, @nbardo Good points all. I'm still in contact with the plant pathologists and there may be more to say but for now: There has been the suggestion of too much fertilizer although I don't use much. Each plant has had a total of 2 oz. TomatoTone. The nutrition expert at Cornell says the rec. is 3 TBSP, which would be 1- 1/2 oz. I don't think the difference here would cause problems especially as 1 oz. was mid-May and 1 oz. now. So I will reduce it a bit next year. I have also had Late Blight here and fought it for 4 years until it was gone. So I do know what it looks like but the question was if this could have been a very early stage of infection. Some photos online look like this but evidently the answer is no. The discolored parts do not feel any different.