How to spot it

Round, sunken dark spots on fruit and pods, often oozing pink-orange in wet weather. Leaves get tan to brown spots. Ripe tomatoes get sunken circles.

What it does

Fruit rots, in the garden or soon after picking.

What to do now

• Pick and throw away spotted fruit.
• Harvest promptly as fruit ripens.
• Don't work among plants while they're wet.

Keep it away next time

• Grow each crop in a new spot for 2 to 3 years.
• Water the soil, not the leaves, and mulch.
• Use clean seed and resistant varieties.

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Plants it affects