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Tomato disease in organic garden
My tomato plants have been in the ground for about a month when dark rust looking a spots started affecting my early girl, brandy wine, black brandy wine, and Saint Lucia . My sweet million cherry is unaffected. The spots have yellow around the outside . I don't know exactly what it is. Quite a few have the same symptoms so I'm a little puzzled. I don't know what to do next. The early girl has 18 tomatoes on her and the others have 5 or 6. Is this a fatal disease?
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It is indeed septoria, a fungal disease that tomato plants are very prone to. Mine almost always get it before the end of the season. The good news is that they can live with it for a long time.
Just pull off all the affected leaves. Then spray everything else (being sure to spray the undersides of the leaves) with an organic fungicide. These include: diluted milk, baking soda solution, hydrogen peroxide. You can't use them together, but you can rotate them and see what works best for you. You will need to repeat every couple weeks.
Just pull off all the affected leaves. Then spray everything else (being sure to spray the undersides of the leaves) with an organic fungicide. These include: diluted milk, baking soda solution, hydrogen peroxide. You can't use them together, but you can rotate them and see what works best for you. You will need to repeat every couple weeks.
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Thank you, yes I am trying to stay away from chemicals. I just started trying to use the diluted milk mixture . I will try the other ones and see if that helps. If not, I may try serenade. Late blight devastated what was the best harvest I've ever had last year. Seeing these problems, this early, is very disappointing but hopefully with the natural mixtures u mentioned, I can keep them at bay.. Thanks again
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