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TomatoNut95
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Darker green splotches on Roma fruit.

First of all let me say how angry I am that I'm not able to upload a photo. All that's going on in my life are problems, one right after the other and it's really getting me down. My phone's on the fritz so I'm using my tablet to get on the forum now. I tried uploading a photo from my tablet but I tried twice and each time, the forum shut down, so no photos from me. If it's absolutely necessary I can try to use my falling apart phone to get a pic on here but I'm gonna try to just describe the problem best I can.

I noticed one of my Roma fruits has some darker splashy, splotchy....well so much for a good description.....green spots on it. Like a big mass of bug stings maybe. It's more on the bottom half of the fruit. It's the only fruit on the plants that looks that way, so any ideas? 🤔

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Here are a few pictures you can try to see if they match your problem. Spots on leaves and fruits can be bacterial, fungal, or viral.

https://ask.extension.org/questions/270184
https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org ... blems.aspx
https://extension.msstate.edu/publications/common-diseases-tomatoes

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@Imafan, thank-you so much for those websites, especially the Missouri Botanical Garden one! I'm still not quite sure if my tomato problem matches any on of those baterial spot problems. Seeing that it's the only fruit on the plant with the problem, should I just remove the fruit just to be on the safe side?

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Okay, heres a pic of the infected fruit. Does it really look like bacterial spots?
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Actually it looks more like a mosaic virus. I would get rid of the plant to be sure. Don't touch other plants or they could be infected as well.

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I don't have the heart to pull the whole plant since no other fruit on it is infected. Is there nothing I can spray on it?

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Why don’t you just remove And discard that fruit and see if any other symptoms appear?

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I did remove the fruit, no other fruit seems to be infected, but I will keep an eye out, thanks! 😊



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