I read the sticky, but the links are no good. Is it tomato blight?

[dilettante]

Sorry folks for pestering you with this question, but I've checked the links that do work in the sticky, and looked at pics online. I think I have caught it early, because only the leaves had turned, although parts of the stems looked like they might be getting darker. At any rate at this late stage in the season, I was just hoping to sun-ripen the last few green toms on my plant. Not the end of the world if I can't.

[WendyC]

Possibly. Can't really see the damage to the tomato fruit as it is on the side. The marking of the leaves usually starts at the edge of a leaf and in patches up the stem. The leaves in your photo just look like old ones.
Try this link to the RHS website
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=217

[Scarlet]

I'm with Wendy, not really sure. The damage in the middle of the leaf looks more like slug damage on an old leaf...but that tomato looks a bit brown. Have you got any more photos?

[Nicos]

Not easy to see but I think it's not.

More piccies!

[dilettante]

Not easy to see but I think it's not.

More piccies!

It's taken me a while to find another picture, but this fruit is looking a bit blighty to me. I'm not sure though. I've been checking on the ones I've harvested, and they seem OK mostly.

[scarey55]

Hello dilettante. I have deleted two links on the sticky that didn't work but all the others seem to be OK, can you let me know which ones aren't working for you and I will look into it, thanks.

[Jungle Jane]

It doesn't look too blighty,usually the whole tomato will have a blackened look underneath the skin (like one of my tumbling toms a couple of weeks ago). I managed to harvest loads,about 2 or 3 days later I noticed one or two tomatoes looking unhealthy,throw those away,but the remaining are fine to eat. The blighted ones will go rotten in a couple of days,otherwise tomatoes are fine at room temperature for weeks,so you'll know. Have you got any brown patches on the stem of your plant?

[dilettante]

It doesn't look too blighty,usually the whole tomato will have a blackened look underneath the skin (like one of my tumbling toms a couple of weeks ago). I managed to harvest loads,about 2 or 3 days later I noticed one or two tomatoes looking unhealthy,throw those away,but the remaining are fine to eat. The blighted ones will go rotten in a couple of days,otherwise tomatoes are fine at room temperature for weeks,so you'll know. Have you got any brown patches on the stem of your plant?

I had patches that looked a bit darker, but not the very obvious blight patches. I chopped down the plants I was concerned about, since they didn't have that much fruit left anyway. The others seem OK, and I defoliated them more or less compeltely to leave the final fruits in the sun and wind. Maybe I'm just being overly concerned about it this year. I've had blight before, so I am familiar with it, I've just been trying to be super vigilant, and probably getting myself a bit worked up over non-blight blemishes.

[dilettante]

Hello dilettante. I have deleted two links on the sticky that didn't work but all the others seem to be OK, can you let me know which ones aren't working for you and I will look into it, thanks.

Thanks for looking into it. I've clicked through what's there, and the following links aren't working for me, giving 404 messages.

http://www.firetop.co.uk/photos/albu...blight/page/1/
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.corne...omLeafKey.html

[scarey55]

Thank you, I'll have a look and probably delete those posts. Thanks again

[scarey55]

I think I've got them all but please do let me know if there are any other links that don't work. Thank you

[Jungle Jane]

I had patches that looked a bit darker, but not the very obvious blight patches. I chopped down the plants I was concerned about, since they didn't have that much fruit left anyway.

Its good to be vigilant,I had darkened stem before it turned into the brown patch,so you could've caught it early & stopped it spreading. I got rid of the blighted plant in my garden,left the other plants,they were fine for a few days but I've cut them all down now just incase.