Hi everyone. I have been a great vegetable grower when living in PA but now that I am in Florida I am having all kinds of problems. The problem starts from the bottom of the plant and works it way up and no fruit. This is a picture of my tomato plant problem.can anyone tell me what it is and how to fix the problem.
Thank you so much
Simon
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plantkiller
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I'm getting the exact same thing on my tomatoes. I can't get a clear understanding on if it is early blight or septoria leaf spot as they look VERY similar in all of the pictures I see but I'm leaning more towards the septoria. Not sure how relevant it is identifying it exactly as my understanding is the treatment is the same. I have been pruning the leaves and in some cases entire stems when they get nasty looking, and spraying weekly with copper fungicide. At first I didn't have them mulched and since I mulched (and starting pruning the lower stems) that seems to have helped measurably with stopping it (though I'm still pruning a few leaves every day or so).
My "Vegetable Gardening in Florida" book starts at the very beginning talking about the good weather we enjoy is also enjoyed by more bugs and diseases than most other states and it can be more challenging..as I've come to find. I'm from here but this fall was my first real go at growing anything. What I've described above has been working for me..Maybe someone will come along and give better advice or confirm if what I'm doing is good advice, or not! Good luck!
My "Vegetable Gardening in Florida" book starts at the very beginning talking about the good weather we enjoy is also enjoyed by more bugs and diseases than most other states and it can be more challenging..as I've come to find. I'm from here but this fall was my first real go at growing anything. What I've described above has been working for me..Maybe someone will come along and give better advice or confirm if what I'm doing is good advice, or not! Good luck!