Need help diagnosing tomato disease

outsiders71 · July 30, 2009

Hello,

First let me apologize for not having any pictures, these are not my tomatoes that have the disease but a family members who lives in PA.

I visited them about a few weeks ago and they had some of the most amazing tomato plants I've seen. Thick stems, and loaded to the gills with blossoms and green tomatoes. I don't think you could grow tomato plants any better.

Fast forward to a week ago and all the sudden they noticed spots the size of a thumb print on their green tomatoes. All of them. When they saw this they took precaution and removed them all and sprayed with a fungicide as a precaution especially with the Late Blight scare going around.

A few days later the lower leaves wilted and the stems are starting to turn brown from the soil, gradually traveling upwards. The stems are solid brown, not spotted or lesioned.

I've gone through the sticky links of plant diseases and can't pinpoint the disease myself. My guess is some kind of Bacterial Wilt. I hope somebody can chime in and help with the information I gave, although I know pictures work better.

Thanks.

July 30, 2009	#1
outsiders71 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 150	Need help diagnosing tomato disease Hello, First let me apologize for not having any pictures, these are not my tomatoes that have the disease but a family members who lives in PA. I visited them about a few weeks ago and they had some of the most amazing tomato plants I've seen. Thick stems, and loaded to the gills with blossoms and green tomatoes. I don't think you could grow tomato plants any better. Fast forward to a week ago and all the sudden they noticed spots the size of a thumb print on their green tomatoes. All of them. When they saw this they took precaution and removed them all and sprayed with a fungicide as a precaution especially with the Late Blight scare going around. A few days later the lower leaves wilted and the stems are starting to turn brown from the soil, gradually traveling upwards. The stems are solid brown, not spotted or lesioned. I've gone through the sticky links of plant diseases and can't pinpoint the disease myself. My guess is some kind of Bacterial Wilt. I hope somebody can chime in and help with the information I gave, although I know pictures work better. Thanks.