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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Mystery Diagnosis Case


I am seeking the opinion of the polished botanists out there. Our unfortunate tomato plant, just days after suffering a major amputation, has come down with some sort of opportunistic infection. This pattern is found over about 25% of the plant's leaves. If anyone has seen this sort of blight before, we would appreciate your differential diagnosis and treatment plan. Thanks!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Freddy, we think your plant has MRSA (that is what Pam thinks)... I on the other hand (Avita) think the panty hose ruined the plant for life.

Brian and Sheila said...

could be a leaf miner, here's a helpful link: http://everest.ento.vt.edu/~idlab/vegpests/vegfs/leafminers.html

Patrick Barry said...

I believe the amputation and the suspected leaf miner are not connected in any way. There's no cause and effect here, Doctor Lepore.

Freddy said...

Yeah, I think Brian and Sheila hit the nail on the head. The invader seems to be a leaf miner. I was in the garden center today where I purchased the plant and noticed that several other of the plants there had the exact same thing. Thanks for the info!