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Originally Posted by gimmieToms
Late and early blight look pretty much the same to me. It came up in August. I had only had tomatoes a few weeks. There were black spots all over the stem and leaves which eventually went to the fruit and the plant would pretty much just die. Within two weeks of me noticing it, they were all infected and dying.
I'll see if I can find a photo
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As I said above Early Blight can appear early or late in a growing season. Same pathogen,just a difference in timing. And yes EB can show black areas,especially on the lower stem.
What you seem to be describing is Phytopthera infestans,aka P. infestans as I called it in my last post. And when the first symptoms are seen the plants can be a rotting pile of vegetation within 5 to 7 days,RIP.
I want to take another look at your latest pictures to be sure I saw what I think I saw.
Carolyn