Early Blight or bacterial

tburgett · May 11, 2016

These are the leaves off a Mr Stripey from Bonnie Plants that has been transplanted into a 5 gallon bucket of fresh soil for about 2 weeks. Can someone help me with an accurate diagnosis of this issue?

ginger2778 · May 11, 2016

Likely bacterial. Suggest you trim off those affected leaves, bag em up and remove from the garden, then hit with liquid copper fungicide at the WEAKEST strength recommended for tomatoes. Stronger can make the leaves distort and curl. They normalize, but it takes about 3 weeks to catch up. Copper spray is antibacterial as well as antifungal.

AlittleSalt · May 11, 2016

I looked this up by trying to match pictures with yours and found this site http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edib...rial-speck.htm

tburgett · May 11, 2016

Thank you!

Gerardo · May 11, 2016

My vote is for Bacterial.

KarenO · May 12, 2016

bacterial speck I believe
KO

Mike723 · May 13, 2016

Another vote for bacterial. . Definitely not EB as the lesions would be larger and develop into the infamous concentric rings..

FredB · May 13, 2016

It might also be Septoria leaf spot. It's hard to tell from the photos. Septoria won't affect the fruit, but bacterial spot or speck will.

It's not early blight. EB has larger lesions with a raised, target-like appearance.

http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/...cts/05-069.htm

seaeagle · May 13, 2016

Mulch with pine needles or something else.The plant may have been infected when you bought it.Agree with trimming of the leaves, especially all the ones below the first flowers or buds

tburgett · May 14, 2016

Thanks to all for the responses!

May 11, 2016	#1
tburgett Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: Kentucky Posts: 4	Early Blight or bacterial These are the leaves off a Mr Stripey from Bonnie Plants that has been transplanted into a 5 gallon bucket of fresh soil for about 2 weeks. Can someone help me with an accurate diagnosis of this issue?

May 13, 2016	#9
seaeagle Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: virginia Posts: 733	Mulch with pine needles or something else.The plant may have been infected when you bought it.Agree with trimming of the leaves, especially all the ones below the first flowers or buds Last edited by seaeagle; May 13, 2016 at 10:54 AM.

May 11, 2016	#2
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Likely bacterial. Suggest you trim off those affected leaves, bag em up and remove from the garden, then hit with liquid copper fungicide at the WEAKEST strength recommended for tomatoes. Stronger can make the leaves distort and curl. They normalize, but it takes about 3 weeks to catch up. Copper spray is antibacterial as well as antifungal.

May 11, 2016	#3
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I looked this up by trying to match pictures with yours and found this site http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edib...rial-speck.htm

May 11, 2016	#5
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,594	My vote is for Bacterial.

May 12, 2016	#6
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,928	bacterial speck I believe KO

May 13, 2016	#7
Mike723 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: CT Posts: 290	Another vote for bacterial. . Definitely not EB as the lesions would be larger and develop into the infamous concentric rings..

May 13, 2016	#8
FredB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 76	It might also be Septoria leaf spot. It's hard to tell from the photos. Septoria won't affect the fruit, but bacterial spot or speck will. It's not early blight. EB has larger lesions with a raised, target-like appearance. http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/...cts/05-069.htm

May 14, 2016	#10
tburgett Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: Kentucky Posts: 4	Thanks to all for the responses!