Close-up photo of tomatoes on the vine with mold and tomato blight - Irina Starikova1811/Shutterstock If you've started to notice dark spots, brown leaves, or yellow ...

Tomato blight is a catch-all term for a group of serious fungal infections that affect the production and quality of fruit. The fungi attack tomatoes in different ways at different times, with ...

Claverack, NY -- As farmers and home gardeners set out their tomatoes this spring, plant experts offered suggestions for preventing another outbreak of late blight, which destroyed millions of dollars ...

This pernicious plague caused by the pathogen Phytophthora infestans was responsible for the 19th-century Irish potato famine, but also targets the tomato, queen among backyard crops. In its modern ...

Dear Carol: I read your column about tomato late blight a few weeks ago and would like to ask a couple more questions about the blight. I read that the late blight does not remain in the soil, but ...

15:22, Thu, Jul 17, 2025 Updated: 15:25, Thu, Jul 17, 2025 Blight is a fungal infection that is highly likely to infect garden tomato plants between June to August. Signs of blight include brown, ...

Tomatoes are a popular crop and relatively easy to grow, but they can be susceptible to blight. This fungal infection, which spreads through wind and water splash, typically appears from June to ...

Your tomato plant has finally set green fruit, and you can just imagine how delicious those home-grown tomatoes will be. But suddenly, some leaves turn deep brown, there are dark blotches on stems and ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! I hope everyone’s garden is off to a great start for the summer of 2021. We started off unusually hot and dry, but are now receiving some rainy and cool ...

Q: I had either early blight or late blight on our tomatoes last summer. We mulch our whole garden with newspaper and paper grocery bags, then cover that with grass clipping or shredded leaves. We ...

Q: I want to keep my tomato plant from getting the leaf blight disease, and the only suggestion I have been given is to keep the foliage dry in late summer by watering only the soil, not the foliage.