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Post by sarah on May 8, 2007 22:41:11 GMT
ok, so I planted them last friday. the normal big ones seem fine, but the little ones (not cherry, but similar) have got dark marks on the leaves. Have I done something wrong? Thanks all. xx
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Post by Lord L on May 9, 2007 4:58:03 GMT
ok, so I planted them last friday. the normal big ones seem fine, but the little ones (not cherry, but similar) have got dark marks on the leaves. Have I done something wrong? Thanks all. xx What sort of dark marks? How big? What shape? Any chance of a photo?
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Post by lolliepop on May 9, 2007 17:24:30 GMT
yes any of the information Lord L is asking for would be helpful.
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Post by sarah on May 9, 2007 22:09:16 GMT
sorry, i'm not very clever with cameras, but its got lots o dark grey/black spots on the leaves, i wonder if it could have been from the hailstones the other day. the spots all look the same size, biger than rice, but smaller than a pea. xx
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Lucy Lastic
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Post by Lucy Lastic on May 10, 2007 21:28:28 GMT
sorry, i'm not very clever with cameras, but its got lots o dark grey/black spots on the leaves, i wonder if it could have been from the hailstones the other day. the spots all look the same size, biger than rice, but smaller than a pea. xx If the plants are continuing to grow healthily then that's probably the cause of the spots. Hailstones are lumps of ice so the chances are the spots are 'ice burns'
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Post by sarah on May 10, 2007 21:29:52 GMT
wow thankyou Lucy, i'll keep my fingers crossed. xx
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Post by Lord L on May 12, 2007 5:45:46 GMT
Would this sound like what you have?:
'Occurs on foliage, stem and fruit. First observed as small brownish black lesions on older foliage. Surrounding tissue may become yellow; entire leaf turns yellow. Larger spots show concentric rings in the dark portion'
Unfortunately I can't find a photograph in a quick trawl, but that is a description of blight.
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Post by sarah on May 12, 2007 6:51:00 GMT
oh dear, that does sound a bit like it. I'll take another look later, off to ***k in a minute.
That doesn't sound good. Thanks Lord. xx
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Post by lily on May 13, 2007 15:27:34 GMT
Would this sound like what you have?: 'Occurs on foliage, stem and fruit. First observed as small brownish black lesions on older foliage. Surrounding tissue may become yellow; entire leaf turns yellow. Larger spots show concentric rings in the dark portion' Unfortunately I can't find a photograph in a quick trawl, but that is a description of blight. Isn't blight something that occurs later in the season? At least it did with ours - one day loads of lovely fruit on the plants the next blighted.
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Post by Lucy Lastic on May 13, 2007 15:45:53 GMT
It's a bit too early for blight. If the plants were out in a hailstorm it's more likely to be iceburns from the hailstone which shouldn't damage the plant too much.
If in any doubt give a them a good spraying. Without actually seeing what this looks like it's hard to tell but maybe you could ask a neighbour or friend who grows tomatoes to take a look.
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Post by Lord L on May 13, 2007 17:39:14 GMT
Would this sound like what you have?: 'Occurs on foliage, stem and fruit. First observed as small brownish black lesions on older foliage. Surrounding tissue may become yellow; entire leaf turns yellow. Larger spots show concentric rings in the dark portion' Unfortunately I can't find a photograph in a quick trawl, but that is a description of blight. Isn't blight something that occurs later in the season? At least it did with ours - one day loads of lovely fruit on the plants the next blighted.
xxxBut there is, apparently, something called 'Early Blight'. I have found a photo: it's on a potato, but the two are closely related. And it goes on to say: 'On tomato, stem infections can occur at any age resulting in small, dark, slightly sunken areas that enlarge to form circular or elongated spots with lighter-colored centers.' I agree that the most likely cause is hail.
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Post by sarah on May 13, 2007 22:20:30 GMT
Thankyou everyone, phew, I would ask the inlaws, but they are on holiday, and as they have the same plants, it will interesting to see if theyv'e had the same problem. fingers crossed. xx
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