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Jul 14, 2016 2:57 AM CST
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I noticed these spots on the cherry tomato today, the closest thing i could relate it to in my NGA book is early blight, i cut off affected leaves, is this blight or some other disease?
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Jul 14, 2016 9:48 AM CST
Name: Rita
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It looks like some sort of fungal disease of which tomato plants are very prone too. Cut off all affected leaves and any healthy leaves touching the soil. Get a product to spray the plants called Daconil and keep up with the spraying.
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Jul 14, 2016 12:59 PM CST
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I was thinking it looks like some photos of late blight, if you say it looks like a fungus then its some kind of blight at least, thx
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Jul 14, 2016 1:03 PM CST
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Daconils not organic from what i read, anything for organic farming that i could spray?
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Jul 14, 2016 1:23 PM CST
Name: Rita
North Shore, Long Island, NY
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Daconil is about the only thing for tomatoes. Works pretty good. Honestly you can just pick off the affected leaves and the plant will most likely just continue to grow.
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Jul 14, 2016 1:48 PM CST
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Welcome! You're right, Daconil (chlorothalonil) is definitely not organic. I'm not certain what the problem is but I actually wonder if it could be an abiotic (non-living) problem? Here's an example picture:

http://www.science.oregonstate...

Has anything changed in its environment?
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