Poorly Tomato Plants with photos

[hootyowls]

What has happened to my tomato plants ?

I bought young plants online from T & M, they arrived very floppy about 6 - 8 inches tall, I gave them support to stand upright, repotted them and 'hardened' them off before planting outside in pots with new compost as I do not have a greenhouse.

They started to grow, had flowers and started producing little tomatoes, I thought they were thriving. As you can see from the pictures they have brown / black on the stems, flowers are dying back and leaves shrivelling up.

I have never grown tomatoes before so no idea what this or what I have done wrong.

Can anyone shed any light please ? Thanks

If that was a spud you'd bet the mortgage it's blight, and it's really blighty weather. Are there any potatoes nearby? You could try spraying the toms but they look fucked sorry.

No spuds nearby. I agree, they will be making their way to the big grey bin

I dont think toms with blight should go into the compost bin. Anyone else?

I wouldn't put blighted plants in the compost bin personally but it might be fine, after all it's all in there to rot isn't it?

Put them in your normal rubbish.

I read somewhere that you shouldn't put tomato plants in the compost bin

OK, so will dispose of in the normal rubbish bin. Thanks for the advice everyone

Mine looks like this... I've had incredibly dry wether and water them most evenings .. although saying that I've never given them tomato feed

Oh dear! Not your fault though, it's a water borne disease that just wafts in. This muggy warm but not bright sunshine weather is perfect for it spreading.