Tomato diseased ?

Help

The tomato plant nearest the greenhouse door, one tomato on each truss, is rotting from the top down

One tomato on EACH truss, the stalk is dead and haS a grey fur on it that stops in a ball over the flower, then the tomato itself is brown on the top to halfway down where it is green
The leaves are all fine and rich in colour no yellow or brown

Today temp 10c and over two days have had two months rainfall

Jack McHammocklashing

It is isnt it, it is

 

Sounds like botrytis Jack, its due to high humidity and lowish temperatures.

Sounds like November up there mate.

You can spray a general purpose fungicide or just hope for dryer warmer weather.

As much ventilation as possible will help.

 

You should move north across the Tay Jack, it's been a sweltering 14C here today!
Does sound like botrytis as Pete and John have said. If you gently remove affected fruit and leaves (to avoid spreading spores) it should help reduce the spread. As suggested you can also use a fungicide or if you want to try a less toxic method use a 10% milk/water spray. Improving ventilation should also help.

 

Yes guys you are right
Now I know the name I googled and yes my strawberries in same position are exactly as the pics,, grey mould on strawbs and tomatoe flowers,

Any recommended remedy in addition to removing affeted parts of the plants
ie which fungiside RHS site says non available to the Public :-(

Regards Jack McH

 

Oh no Dave information too late
I went about collecting the damaged goods with my right hand and placing them in my left hand then moved on to check the unaffected stock, moving them with my left hand which contained all the damaged stock, up and down each stem

I can not move to sunnier climes north of the Tay as A92 CLOSED due to flooding at Freuchie

Jack McH

 

I will try and get something tomorrow

Regards Jack McH

 

This is the kind of problem that could have been almost certainly sorted out by spaying with Benlate a few years ago.
We have moved on since then, and not being well up on what is available these days I cant suggest anything other than ventilation that will help.

Ventilation on a cold wet day is not going to do much.

I think it was John that suggested cutting off parts of the plants that are affected.

It just maybe that the idea off cutting all the leaves off your toms came about due to this problem.

 

Well, I searched the whole of FIFE yesteday, Homebase and asdas, garden centres, no fungisides kept, never heard of bordeaux mixture,
So I drove another 15 miles to Dobbies GC they had bordeaux mixture and a BAYER
BD £3 BAYER £7 the garden expert insisted on the BAYER, so I bought both and used the Bordeaux Mixture

Now ANYONE for BLUE tomatoes (well Green with Blue POLKA DOTS :-)

Jack McH

 

Well it will keep blight away as well Jack

I hate suphur, it stinks John