How to identify early tomato blight (Image credit: Shutterstock) Symptoms of early blight include black or brown spots, about a third of an inch in diameter, appearing on the leaves, stem or fruit.

Early blight of tomato has been seen on the variety called Big Boy but is probably on others as well. If left alone, this disease will first cause yellowing on older leaves, followed by gray or ...

Early blight begins as small brown spots on the leaves and spreads to encompass the entire leaf and can even cause lesions on the stems and fruit.

And guess what: tomato plants can have early blight and septoria leaf spot at ... but the lesions seem more greasy in appearance. On the fruit, speck lesions are sunken; with spot, they’re ...

Eventually, early blight can infect plant stems and the shoulders of fruit. “Don’t be alarmed if you see it,” Mr. Holmstrom said. “It happens; it’s normal.

As vegetable gardeners, we look forward to bringing in an armful of vegetables. Of these, tomatoes win the prize. Tomatoes ...

Plant scientists are asking home gardeners in the region to check their tomato plants for a disease that could wipe out much of this year's crop. In spite of its name, late blight has appeared ...

Bacterial infections can spell the end for your tomato plants and can quickly spread, so if you notice any symptoms, it's important to take action immediately.

Waiting for the first ripe tomatoes from the garden seems like an eternity. When the plants begin to develop a rotten spot on ...

As such, an overwatered tomato plant may exhibit wilting leaves, cracked fruit, or spots on its foliage. Scaling back on the ...

If a tomato plant does manage to grow any fruit, then it will rot on the stem and become inedible once the disease works its way up the plant. How to protect tomatoes from blight in spring ...

Fruit color, flavor, size ... You can find varieties resistant to early blight, fusarium wilt, and other common tomato diseases. Thinking about which diseases appear at certain months can also help ...