What’s happening to my tomatoes? They’re growing moldy. Is it because of the change of weather? Its getting colder. I got a Polycover greenhouse hoping it would be less freezing but they’re still dying. Even the fruits are getting brown marks. What can i do?
by Low_Insurance_1783
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They got blight.
Your screwed. Blight lives in the soil, so now you can’t use it for next year or it will reinfect that crop. Prune the leafs that are affected, water from the side not the top- to avoid getting the leafs wet. And adding a bit of mulch might help. Not much you can to be honest
I got blight and septoria leaf spot in 2024 in my raised beds, told same thing, no planting in that soil for 3 years. In 2025 I switched to straw bale gardening for my tomato plants! Everyone I talked to in my area, Georgetown, KY, struggled with their tomatoes this year. In the straw bales I had a crazy bumper crop! I did 2 plants per bale and had huge plants with crazy root systems. Next year I am doing straw bales again for sure, BUT I am cutting back to 1 plant every other bale. I had 65+ plants this year and they got too wild when I couldn’t keep up. This photo is the stem, as big as my wrist or ankle even, and the root system of my Pomodoro Cuore Antico di Acqui Terme. Definitely one of my best producers. Big meaty Italian heirloom sauce tomatoes with very few seeds. I will be growing these every year!
https://preview.redd.it/pvqwcfuw8n0g1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3afaf0231ec7757958efdfcb38596df3ab17c463