Tomato issue---I need a diagnosis!

[ALgardengirl]

Last week I noticed aphids on my tomato plants. I immediately googled what to do and read dish soap and water so I went out and sprayed each plant daily, then finally I decided that wasn't doing the trick and had my husband pick up sevins at the farm co op. I have several plants who have discolored leaves. Since spraying the sevins, I'm not seeing the aphids anymore---thankfully! But I'm wondering is this damage from them, the dish soap or do I have a disease? And is there anything I can do to save my plants? Here is a pic... tell me what you think!

 

[Chuck]

That is just old damage. The plant will outgrow it. BTW, if you get a bottle of spinosad concentrate it will take care of just about any worm or insect you will come across. Plus it is, unlike Sevin, harmless to pets and humans.

 

[ALgardengirl]

Oh good to know! Thank you so much! Where do you buy Spinosad concentrate? Do you know if it helps with stink bugs? Bc that's how I even noticed aphids on tomatoes was after I had been on the war path catching stink bugs on my squash and cucumbers and decided to just take a closer look at tomatoes, as it just seemed to early to be dealing with stink bugs! Never too early I guess!

 

[Chuck]

Oh good to know! Thank you so much! Where do you buy Spinosad concentrate? Do you know if it helps with stink bugs? Bc that's how I even noticed aphids on tomatoes was after I had been on the war path catching stink bugs on my squash and cucumbers and decided to just take a closer look at tomatoes, as it just seemed to early to be dealing with stink bugs! Never too early I guess!

Just about any garden supply house or nursery will have a spinosad based concentrate. Stink bugs are hard to kill with anything but if you spray a stink bug with spinosad directly he is history. Plus it acts as a type of deterrent. You can also harvest the day of application. On you squash look on the underside of the leaves for the eggs and/or a bunch of young stink bugs running around. Squash is the first thing stink bugs go after.