Anybody know what this means?
I have a Big Beef tomato plant I transplanted , I wanna say little over a month ago , about 4-5week. It was growing good at first and growing fast, but then I started seeing these black spots that progressed into something bigger. About half the plant looks infected, mainly the older growth towards the bottom but as you can see it’s reached the tops, it’s now curling the leaves but that also could be because I’ve neglected to keep a regular watering schedule maybe. I’m wondering if this is some fungal disease or maybe bugs got to it? I’m sure it’s hard to diagnose from pictures that I poorly took but I’ve seemed to hit a wall and can’t find anything much online about such a thing. I haven’t fed it because the soil I got said it has enough nutrients for about 3 months, but the other two pots I did fertilizer today as an experiment and also they were showing signs of needing nutrients.
In conclusion, I’m asking you garden warriors if you have any idea what this could be and if the plant is salvageable.
by TrapiiOG
3 Comments
This looks like blight to me. I would remove all leaves that are affected and throw them away. Clean your shears and hands after removing. If you have neem oil, thoroughly spray the rest of the plant after removing the affected leaves. Tomatoes are tough!
I have leaves like this and it’s white flies on mine.
Here is a pic of early stage tomato spotted wilt.
https://preview.redd.it/vojw2dkqg98d1.png?width=689&format=png&auto=webp&s=eb56f7f954563c39fafc4774fb728bca39353e88
I’m seeing a lot of similarities in the disease pattern on your leaves. Diagnosing these things is tricky, so I’m not saying 100% this is it. Go ahead and treat like blight or a white fly infestation as others have suggested, but if it’s spotted wilt, the plant will not get better and will eventually die. If it becomes clear your plant is not getting better, you’ll want to pull and discard it.
Spotted wilt is transmitted by thrips, little ugly flying bugs. It cannot directly transmit plant to plant. In my case, it affected only one plant of 87 and did not spread. Take a look at pics online and see if this seems like what you’ve got.