Photos of my tomatoe problem..... please help

[mew]

Hi everyone

I put a post on about my tomatoe problem. I think its a bit more serious than just lack of certain minerals as they are going spotty (but strangly from looking at the blight picks on the web, they dont look like blight) but obviously i have no idea as ive never grown any before.

Anybody know what it is and what I can do to try and stop it in its tracks. Ive been really careful watering the base and not the leaves and have been chopping off the affected leaves but if I keep doing this I'll have no leaves left.

Also, while Im on it, a friend gave me an artichoke which I planted up and has been coming along wonderfully but today ive noticed some rusty holes in the leaves. again check out the link to see the pics (I cant seem to get the URL to work so you may have to copy and paste the web address instead (can anyone tell me why the URL tags arent working - am I doing something wrong? seem to be good a c*^king things up at the mo so might as well make it a hatrick! he he). Can anyone tell me what it is, if its serious and if I can do anything about it, or not to worry.

thanks for your help

MEW x

[url]www.photobox.co.uk/album/6032370[/url]

[george]

Hi Mew,

I am not an expert on this kind of thing but you could look at this page:

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/toma ... index.html

which has some good pictures of tomato diseases. It looks a bit like the leaf mould to me.

Not sure about the artichoke. It could be insect damage, some of the young larvae cause damage similar to that rather than the big holes usually associated with insects.

George

[Millymollymandy]

Here's your link - I think the http bit is needed.

http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/6032370

Looks more like insect damage to me but what, I don't know.

[the.fee.fairy]

I'll second the insect damage.
Have a look underneath for tine caterpillars - last time i had leaves like that there was a 5mm caterpillar munching his way around...

[flower]

mine are the same, I couldn't find any beasties though.
I removed affected leaves and they seem to be doing okay now

[Wombat]

Does look like insect damage doesn't it?

Nev

[Millymollymandy]

I have just noticed something similar to the spotty tomato leaves on an ornamental black elderberry - the leaves have gone all spotty.

I'm sure the answer lies in Google for anyone who has the time to research, but I'm not that bothered/don't have the time right now!

[Christine]

I think not to worry - if you still are - as there seem to be lots of buglets about and the leaves are not that important so long as they are feeding the plant.

Removing the leaves might have a deleterious effect on the plant - last thing you want, given the rotten weather!