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genuphobia ([personal profile] genuphobia) wrote in [community profile] gardening2010-05-28 10:53 pm
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An intro and a question

'lo there! 20something living in central NC, currently shacked up with the 'rents, who decided to build a raised bed at the far corner of the property. Having nothing to plant a third of the box with, it was decided to start a garden with tomatoes that taste like proper tomatoes should.

I've got a Red Brandywine, a Cherokee Purple, a Sungold and a Gold Medal growing alongside several lavender and a few sad-looking dills that just went in this afternoon.

This is what I found on the Gold Medal yesterday:



That leaf stalk got the snip when I found it.

Today, two leaf branches on the same plant that had been fine yesterday turned up with spots when I examined the plant this morning. I clipped them both off and gave everything but the dill a thorough spray of Daconil, but I still haven't figured out what it is. I'm hoping it's not Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. The leaves didn't wilt, and I haven't seen any thrips, but I know that's not the only way TSWV spreads, so I'm not ruling it out as a possibility. Augh.

If anyone here could help me out, that'd be great!
florence_craye: (tomatoes mmm)

[personal profile] florence_craye 2010-05-29 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Not sure exactly: could it be septoria leaf spot? The don't seem to have brown rings around the spots, but that is what comes to mind first for me. I have bookmarked this useful page with a tomato leaf symptoms key, too.

If that doesn't help, I hope someone else has the answer! Sungolds are my favorite cherry tomato, and you can't beat Cherokee Purples. :D