Tomatos not doing well

KennyCouch · Sun Mar 09, 2014 11:53 am

Is what I am seeing blight? Most photos I see is full blown blight with destroyed tomatos, etc. I'd like to know what I'm looking at so I can can quarantine a plant and photograph the stages as it eats the whole plant.

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Thanks for any comments!

imafan26 · Sun Mar 09, 2014 12:07 pm

It doesn't look so much like blight but it could be thrip damage.

https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/vege ... er/leaves/
https://ag.arizona.edu/yavapai/anr/hort ... hrips.html
https://ucanr.edu/sites/MarinMG/Master_G ... ?story=770

Juliuskitty · Sun Mar 09, 2014 12:59 pm

imafan26 wrote:It doesn't look so much like blight but it could be thrip damage.

I think so too.

rainbowgardener · Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:47 pm

I agree, not blight. Possibly just a bit of sunscald, especially if they weren't real well hardened off when they went out.

KennyCouch · Sun Mar 09, 2014 3:16 pm

I started them in a greenhouse but it went from a few weeks of overcast weather to a few days of pure sun, hopefully just a little sun scalded. I'll read up on the thrips too. Thanks much everyone!

gixxerific · Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:06 am

yes looks like it could be environmental damage I.e. sunscald.

PaulF · Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:05 am

It looks like either wind burn or too much sun too early. They should survive.

KennyCouch · Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:12 am

Was definitely sun scald. I chopped the sun scalded growth after new leaves appeared and now they are much happier. Had same problem on my cucumbers cause I put them out too early, but I had 2x as many cucumber starters this year so I may switch them out if they don't perk up too.

hendi_alex · Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:21 am

Tender leaves are just so easy to damage. This year my plants had to stay inside way more than usual. Consequently, they are not nearly as stocky and strong looking as in a typical year when they have pretty frequent outdoor time the whole time the young plants are developing. So far the tender plants have gotten a bit of sun scald, some wind damage, and some damage from being left outside on too chilly a night. Most of this kind of damage is just superficial, though one night that dips overly low may do permanent damage or may kill the entire plant.