this is a Dora tomato plant that I got from SelectedPlants.
ALL of the other plants from them are disease free, as well as the rest of the maters in my garden.

Are you saying that ALL the plants as received were fine, or the Dora plant was not fine as received, for I'm not clear about that.

If all were fine then the problem is somthiong at your end. Right?

But if all the plants are in the same place and all are exposed to everything the same then I can't understand why just Dora is having a problem.

I started to look at the pictures, looked at the first two, didn't see that much and rather than continue with all the pictures there I wondered if e-mailing Darrel about this might be a better way to go if Dora arrived with a problem from the get go.

Carolyn

Carolyn and others: all the plants were fine on arrival, and all the plants are fine NOW...

....EXCEPT the Dora plant, which looked fine until a couple of weeks ago, when it started to develop what you see now.

I checked with Darrel before posting, and he agreed with a post to this forum. he thought it might be TSWV but I don't think it looks like the TSWV pictures on the "tomato problem solver".

ALL the pictures are of DORA except the last one of the garden in general...that is, they are all photos of the same plant.

historically, this garden has had problems with Bacterial Speck, but not until later in the season.

I hope you can figure out what might be affecting this plant.

Michael

Dora....RIP

took it out today and put in a garbage bag for the trash....don't want to risk the other 40 plants in good health!

Michael

P.S. I would still like an opinion, in case other plants develop something similar.

Noticed that Dora (may she rest in peace!!) was in a different type of pot than your other maters. What else was different with Dora?? Her pot looks smaller than the others.

Curious.

Gary

Michael -- I thought that it looked like either septoria spot or perhaps TSWV, but the photos weren't quite sharp enough to tell. In any case, I think you made the right decision pulling the plant -- it didn't look good at all.

Don't know if you're aware of this, but the photos in the tomato problem solver can be clicked on again to further enlarge them. Maybe you can look at the enlarged pics of septoria and TSWV and come to some sort of conclusion based on what you saw.

Here is a link that might be useful: lg pic of septoria - example

the pot was essentially the same as the others....

in photo 10, you can see lesions much like the example of septoria that Suse9 sent me....

if you are a member of Photo.epson.com you can double click and see the photos really large.

if it is septoria, I will hope that it came on the seeds that Darrel got.....if anyone else is growing Dora, let us know whether this problem appears on your plant(s). since Dora is a new variety, this could be a weakness if it appears that it came with the plant.

the infection appeared on the UPPER leaves, before fruit set began.

I dumped the soil and am cleaning everything.

if the disease appears on other plants I will report it here, because then maybe it didn't come with Dora. my garden certainly has a fertile environment for fungus diseases, and bacterial speck, as I mentioned, is a problem every year.

Michael

Here is a link that might be useful: photo 10

Everything I have read says septoria starts on the lower leaves.

Tomato spot wilt virus can show up on newer growth but the only way to know for sure would have been to take it to the U. of N. Carolina Plant Pathology lab or go through an extension office. Down here it costs $20--well worth it to me. In North Carolina residents can even email pictures in for diagnosis but I no longer know that link-I posted it a long time ago. I still prefer taking plant to lab but it is only an hour away from me. Proper diagnosis (rather than armchair guessing on the internet) would have given you a heads up on possible action needed for your other plants. But I know all this is a mute point now. Good luck with your other plants---let's hope nothing will show up on them. (I do agree with you that getting rid of that plant pronto was the best course of action.)

thanks everyone for your help.....

if I have either septoria or TSWV in my garden, I guess I am in real trouble. if the problem occurs again, I will take a sample to the Ag extension office for this county.

an isolated case, however, is not very worrisome. checked all the plants again today, and see no signs of any disease on the other plants....

Michael