memory94
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What are these Marks on my Tomatoes?

I think I found some fungus on my tomatoes.
how can I change this
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I have two pest problems which are: leaf miners, spiders, ants and caterpillars.
They make my leaves look like this
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I'm growing them in southern California. I'm starting to use pine needles for ph soil. Gets about 12 hours of sun. and ye :idea:

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applestar
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1st one looks like bird slashed it with a beak.

In the 2 nd photo, the two puncture marks are typical of stink bugs, but the corky scabs could be just growing pains... Minor scratches in tender skin from rubbing, etc. that scabbed over.
I have two pest problems which are: leaf miners, spiders, ants and caterpillars.
They make my leaves look like this
However you want to count, SPIDERS are not counted as a pest but a GARDEN PATROL and HELPER. :mrgreen:
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And ants don't usually eat living plants. Leaf miners don't chew up leaves like that, they make little squiggle trails from boring around inside leaves:


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So your chewed up leaves are most likely the "caterpillar." Have you seen the culprit? What does it look like?

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rainbowgardener wrote:And ants don't usually eat living plants. Leaf miners don't chew up leaves like that, they make little squiggle trails from boring around inside leaves:


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https://herselfshoustongarden.com/wp-con ... damage.jpg


So your chewed up leaves are most likely the "caterpillar." Have you seen the culprit? What does it look like?

yea I have those leaf miners and Caterpillar problem. I spray Natria now.... havent seen any leaf miners but bites and holes.

A strange thing is that my tomato plant only gets infested expect for my chilies X)

thanks yall



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