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Question by koi goldfish: Will cutting the infected leaves off of my tomato plant keep the disease from spreading to the rest?
My tomato plant has Septoria Leaf spot.
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Answer by michael o47
I doubt it you should take any tomatoes of that are ripe enough and then destroy the plant.
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Septoria Leaf spot is a fungal disease of the leaf. The fruiting bodies are produced at the center of the leaf lesions (spots). It is the spores released form these fruiting bodies that allows the disease to infect other leaves on your tomato plants. So, yes, removing infected leaves will help to reduce the amount of inoculum present and help reduce the spread. But remember that this disease can affect other plants in the same family. Removing bittersweet night shade from the area & planting peppers away from your tomatoes can help prevent spreading the disease as well. Also, spores will drop to the soil and splash back up onto the lower leaves. Placing tomato plants in wire cages or using trellises help to get leaves up & away from the soil. Bark, straw or plastic film mulches help to prevent soil splashing onto leaves and helps prevent the spread of the spores. Avoid overhead watering also helps to reduce splashing.
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