Tomato trouble
Disease Tomato - See the black bits?
Ever since I came back from my holidays, I find that my red-fig tomato plant seems to be suffering from bacteria/fungal attack. I first starting seeing black spots appearing on the leaves. To best describe it, it looks like sprinkle of crack pepper over the leaves. The funny thing is it’s mainly affecting the new shoots. But trust me, it will slowly but surely spread to its unsuspecting neighbours. If any of the nearby truss comes in contact, it will turn black and the fruit will eventually die.
I did some quick googling and from what I can find suggest that this might be Blight of some sort. What I am doing now is to vigorously prune as much of the diseased portion away and spray a bicarbonate soda solution over the remaining plant. I am also doing a daily rounds to inspect for further damage. Fingers cross that it will slowly die down as the weather warms up or fire fighting will have to continue.
Do you have the same problems as me? Love to hear your solutions!
