Please help diagnose these babies..

Kopetie · June 11, 2007

Please help with these two plants. I have picked the worst leaves and taken a photo for you to see. I tried the Problem solver, but they all look the same to me.

Both plants have stunted growth and some leaf curl. I have sprayed with Daconil.

I'm afraid of TSWV spreading through my little tomato bed. Am I jumping the gun?

shelleybean · June 11, 2007

In your first picture, I see some spots near the leaf tip that may be TSWV, but toward the base of the leaf, I see the dark veins more than spots. So that one is a maybe. In the second picture, the vertical one, I see no sign of TSWV. Sorry I can't be more sure than that.

feldon30 · June 11, 2007

The second looks like classic Early Blight to me, which Daconil will prevent further outbreaks.

The first picture certainly looks foreboding but I simply do not have enough experience to say if that's a nutrient deficiency, some other causal factor, or in fact TSWV. I don't see anything in that first picture that excludes TSWV. The purplish color of the blemishes is disturbing.

I'll say keep a CLOSE eye on that plant. If you see that condition spread to all the leaves within a day or two, I'd probably panic and pull the plant. But I'd hate for you to do that and then find out it was really something easily fixable.

June 11, 2007	#2
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	In your first picture, I see some spots near the leaf tip that may be TSWV, but toward the base of the leaf, I see the dark veins more than spots. So that one is a maybe. In the second picture, the vertical one, I see no sign of TSWV. Sorry I can't be more sure than that. __________________ Michele

June 11, 2007	#3
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	The second looks like classic Early Blight to me, which Daconil will prevent further outbreaks. The first picture certainly looks foreboding but I simply do not have enough experience to say if that's a nutrient deficiency, some other causal factor, or in fact TSWV. I don't see anything in that first picture that excludes TSWV. The purplish color of the blemishes is disturbing. I'll say keep a CLOSE eye on that plant. If you see that condition spread to all the leaves within a day or two, I'd probably panic and pull the plant. But I'd hate for you to do that and then find out it was really something easily fixable.