Could this be blight?

Hello,

This is my first season growing tomatoes and I am worried they might have blight.

There are small brown papery thin spots on the leaves, mainly the lower old growth. They were out way too early I realise and suffered a few days of heavy rain a few weeks back. I am in London.

They also may have been hit buy organic seaweed fertiliser, could this damage the leaves or is it a disease?

I only seem to be able to upload very small photos at present, if anyone has advice on how to imbed images I"d appreciate it too (I did read the read the section on this site about it but couldn't make sense of it).

Emma

 

It doesn`t look like blight to me, burns from the fertilizer looks favourite especially if was sunny at the time.

 

Thanks Hex,

I was ready to sacrifice the older plants to save the young! From my reading blight tends to be later in the season too is this so?

 

My first thought was its way too early for blight August i think is prime "blight time" warm and humid conditions. And warm its not.

 

Emma G, theres always an active thread on the go re blight during the tomato growing season.
Check this thread for pictures and chat we had when a few of us suffered a couple of years ago.
There are pictures and chat via this GC link if it is of any use to you.
http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/fo...s-t23437.html?t=23437&highlight=tomato+blight
Robert

 

there is such a thing as early blight.

http://www.ehow.co.uk/about_6302792_early-blight-tomato-plant-leaves.html

 

It's not blight - and it's not anything that matters.
Plants rarely have perfect leaves.
They're like us - a bit flawed.

 

Thank you ALL for your responses - clearly I;m being an over protective, neurotic novice! I have moved onto other worries and joys now that I know my crop of tomatoes is not about to be wiped out.

Cheers Emma