jerseyguy1996
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So I stopped watering my tomatoes a few days ago and so far I haven't seen any change. Still putting out lots of growth on top but as quickly as the new growth comes in, the edges start to turn brown and crispy. Very few leaves have completely dried out and the plant still seems to be putting out new flowers. It just looks really ragged. Hopefully a little more time without the watering will help. Could this be a fungus and is there a fungicide that could help?

Cirtes
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I just went and took some more pictures and include the links here:

[url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/51375593@N08/4722898652/[/url]

[url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/51375593@N08/4722897932/[/url]

[url]https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1200/4722244243_238f567c6a_m.jpg[/url]

[url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/51375593@N08/4722896780/[/url]

Any help would be much appreciated!!
Missmckee, looks like early blight. The last picture shows a ring-lesion with what appears to be yellowing around a necrotic spot. This is typical of early blight which is a fungal infection.

Treatments like Neem Oil or Seranade can be used for control. There are also less organic fungicides available.

Again, the pictures are not clear so my suggestion of cause is less than certain.

jerseyguy1996
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I took a drastic step over the weekend and clipped off all of the affected branches which was about 80% of the leaves. Based on the ease with which some of them came off (without even clipping) I would say that the plant was already ahead of me with the idea. My thought was that if it was a fungus perhaps I can get ahead of it and try to prevent the spread. So far the plant seems to not have minded the major trimming and all fruit is still intact and ripening at a usual pace. A few of my plum tomotoes had some end rot so I pulled off the affected fruit and purchased some organic fertilizer that was high in calcium. Hopefully this will clean some of this up.



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