The first photo is maybe leaf mold? Best way to tell is to also look under the leaves.

Second is a nitrogen deficiency and general lack of nutrients. Last one looks pretty bad, not sure it's just the deficiency, must be some disease also going on.

Yea, I think she didn't come the last day or two because there were lots of ripe ones still on the plants when we got home. I picked them all just after I took these photos.

All my in-ground plants still look great. Of course, those are indeterminates and far far away from these.

Today I found what seems to be mold (I touched it and grey dust floated off) on the stem of one. I just don't get how in one week without my being here, they all suddenly came down with a disease. Unless my picker was not too careful about touching things. I've always been super ginger in touching and moving amongst the plants. I do have a cucumber on the deck that has some typical cucumber mold/fungal thing, so maybe it spread from that.

I guess I should try to spray them? If I remove every leaf that has spots, I think they will be completely defoliated. Maybe I should just be done. :-(

Jen -- are any tops wilting?

Tony

No, Tony, no wilting...

Jen --- that hopefully rules out the Wilt viruses (I lost 7 plants to Fusarium Wilt, which starts will yellow leaves then followed by crown wilt).

So, down to fungal infestation (copper spray), too much watering (stop water drip for a few days), and/or nutrient deficiency (drench with Miracle Grow for instant feeding).

Tony

Jen --- how are they doing now?

Also, can you report on Charger --- taste, texture, productivity, disease resistance (thinking of growing it next year).

Thanks,

Tony

They are hanging in there. It is definitely some type of leaf mold,
with the characteristic fuzzy spots underneath the leaves. I sprayed
them and clipped off as many affected leaves as I could. There are still
lots of little green tomatoes, but they don't seem to be growing
anymore. They are still ripening but not increasing in size. And now the
leaves on some of the plants have little black spots that look very
much like septoria or bacterial speck, according to my research. It's cooling off here, so there's probably not a lot of tomato time left anyway.

Incidentally, all of the tomatoes in my raised bed have none of these issues and are
still going strong. But I still bought 6 more EBs during their latest
sale, so I'm still in love with the EB despite these issues.

I will report on Charger in the other thread where you asked.

Jen -- I'm not a fan of the drip system here on the East Coast where it is always humid (may be fine on the West Coast with their dry climate). The constantly moist soil on the top, with the added humidity (gets nearly all the time at 99% humidity at nights here during the entire Summer) is a breeding ground for fungi.

I keep all my containers open and free of mulch (which holds moisture) and water drench thoroughly only when the soil is completely dry to the second knuckle in the finger test. Perhaps, next year you can try that with a few EB's to see if it makes a difference for you.

Tony

Yes, that may be the answer. It coincided not only with my vacation, but also with the installation of the drip automatic watering system (necessary bc of the vacation!). Next year, I will definitely try a few without.

Would you reuse the soil mix in the boxes next year? I know they say it can be reused for several years. Dave also reuses his, IIRC. I spent a couple hundred dollars on potting mix alone for all these boxes - would hate to have to replace it all, but I don't want to have this mold again, either.

Jen --- keep the soil, absolutely. I leave all my containers outside over the Winter and the few deep freezes we get in Jan and Feb kill a lot of the nasties there.

Tony