[arronc]

I put my spare toms outside in some baskets and left them to it, however looked today and they all look like the pic below! I've have scrapped them all, it's not early blight is it  :? After all they were only spares!

[DD.]

Could be mosaic virus, in which case you've done the right thing in destroying the plants.

[DadBear]

see athread bt me a few days ago entitled 'tomato diseases'. There is a close up pic of some of the leaves from my toms... consensus is that the problem is leaf mould. i did think of mosaic virus, however I am pretty sure that you and I both have leaf mould. As per one of the replies, I have been treating my plants with tea tree solution... the problem is mild on mine and has not spread... have a look at the thread and see what you think....DB

[DD.]

A more less drastic answer could be that the leaves have simply got scorched. Water droplets on the leaves act as a magnifying glass and can leave patterning similar to that shown.

[jennyb]

our hanging basket ones look like this but worse - personally i put it down to the rain then strong sun we had.

will the plants survive? and produce fruit still do you think?

[noshed]

I've had the same. I think it's scorching

[Ann]

I've had this in previous years and the tomatoes have been fine

[lucywil]

my mum has this on hers, and apparently according to some guy on lincolnshire radio it is caused by hail stones, i didn't think we had had any but we did has really heavy rain last week so maybe it has the same effect

[WG.]

my mum has this on hers, and apparently according to some guy on lincolnshire radio it is caused by hail stones, i didn't think we had had any but we did has really heavy rain last week so maybe it has the same effect

Would that make it "Hailo blight" then    

[milkman]

I think it's scorching.  

I wouldn't go scrapping what looks a perfectly decent specimen like the one in your pic - I've found my ropiest of tom plants to be quite resilient and responsive to a bit of TLC every now and again and they still produce a useable crop of tasty toms.

[slow_worm]

I think it's scorching.  

I wouldn't go scrapping what looks a perfectly decent specimen like the one in your pic - I've found my ropiest of tom plants to be quite resilient and responsive to a bit of TLC every now and again and they still produce a useable crop of tasty toms.

Agree  - don't scrap them just yet feed them with propriety tomato feed eg tomorite and see how you go!

[noshed]

Mine have now started greening up nicely. The ones that I planted out first are back to normal and the others are catching up. Must have been that hot spell and all that rain.