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Posted by lindster (U14438180) on Tuesday, 1st June 2010
Hya, this is my first year of growing tomatoes, they were doing well but this morning i have noticed brown markings on the leaves. Having never seen blight before i dont really know what to think.
Ive read it could be too early for blight, should tom leaves always be green all over? Im afraid i dont know the name of the toms, they were in a grow your own pack from wilkos.
Thanks
I dont think it will be blight just yet .I think it due to the hot and then cold weather. What I would do is just keep on doing what you have and they will soon recover.
I have been a bit worried about a couple of my tomato plants too. I've never had blight before (and am touching wood with my elbow as I type) but noticed that some of the leaves looked darker than normal yesterday. They have been a bit wind swept lately, so hopefully it is nothing more sinister.
Splashing water onto the leaves can cause spotting. Leaves also curl when there are variations in temperature. On their own, these aren't really of concern, but...
You should always try and water toms direct to their roots and never splash the leaves. Splashed leaves just encourage things like blight later in the year.
Wind rock will give very similar symptom to blight
nothing to worry about except the plant does not like it too much and can snap the stem if it gets extreme
I thought it was too early too, I've had tomatoes not look great to begin with for one reason or another but have recovered fine, last year was good.
The year before I did get blight but I'm sure it was much later than this, when fruit was just about to ripen........
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