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Question by Jenner: black dots on my tomato plants?
two of my tomato plants have black dots all over their stalks and leaves. was wondering if anyone knows what this is and if it will ruin the plants. and is there anything i can/should do about it?
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Answer by easygreenstore
It sounds like your tomato plants have early blight. The leaves will die prematurely, but you should cut these off carefully to reduced the spread.
Early blight is usually soil-borne, but there are copper and sulphur sprays you can get to try to tackle the problem.
Hope this helps,
Luke
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