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title: "I’m finding these silvery patches with black spots on my tomato…"
description: "I’m finding these silvery patches with black spots on my tomato plants. The leaves keep dying and falling off. And my tomatoes have been this size for about a…"
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community: "Edible Gardening"
author: "Ruth"
published: "2025-07-21T20:29:28.874079Z"
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# I’m finding these silvery patches with black spots on my tomato…

_Posted by Ruth on 2025-07-21_

I’m finding these silvery patches with black spots on my tomato plants. The leaves keep dying and falling off. And my tomatoes have been this size for about a month now, not growing at all. At the same time, I’m starting to see new growth at the bottom of the plant. What do I do?

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## 5 comments

### Twinn commented on 2025-07-21

It some kind of disease I've had the same problem with mine do to to much rain

#### Ruth replied on 2025-07-22

Thank you Twinn! Did you ever find a way to stop itv

#### Twinn replied on 2025-07-22

I didn't, but mine stayed outside. I recommend cutting the leaves off and putting the in a zip bag trashing them and try some something to kill fungi

### Aleah commented on 2025-07-22

i would recommend pruning the lower leaves of the plant, that way more energy will be spent on more important areas such as its root system. also cut off all the upcoming signs of it blooming into a tomato until tomato season comes around, as this overall helps the plant to develop overall so it will be more capable of bearing fully ripe and healthy tomatoes

### Livy commented on 2025-07-22

I had the same issue. Somehow the tomatoes we got from Home Depot this year had black spots (fungus). I tried Neem oil, but it didn’t work. Now I’m using a stronger fungicide and it’s getting better, but it takes time. (I chose a fungicide that can be used in edible plants)

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