Edited to add: Solved (leaf miners). I can now Google and search what I can do to help my lil green buddies.
My mom gifted me two these two young tomato plants less than two weeks ago and I just noticed this today. I tried the "Tomato disease identification" link under the helpful links section of this sub, but it's currently broken/404'd. So I went and found an article with various pictures and it looked like it could be pests, but I'm inexperienced and lack the confidence to say that it's that, for sure.
Location: Central-ish Florida
Plant type: some sort of cherry tomato (if relevant)
I don't usually grow plants; it's my mom with the greenthumb, but I really enjoy the tomatoes that come from this species and asked her if I could have some to grow at my house. I hope I can do something for these lil guys. I did pluck the damaged leaves off of one of the plants before I double guessed myself on if I should have done so. Pointers and advice will be very appreciated. TIA!
by Aleks1224
5 Comments
Leaf miners
Leafminer. Pick of and destroy the leaves.
Sorry about the broken link. I will fix it.
The main thing I see on your plant is leaf miners. Here’s some info about that:
[https://ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/tomato/leafminers/#gsc.tab=0](https://ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/tomato/leafminers/#gsc.tab=0)
BTW, you will have much better results if you only grow one tomato plant per container. I would re-pot one (or both) of the two in your last photo. It’s difficult to judge the size of a container in a photo, but I wonder if the one shown is too small. 5-gallons should be the absolute minimum, even for a cherry tomato such as yours.
I would add some more soil to the pots for sure when separating them.
leaf miners rarely do significant damage on non leaf crops