Yeah, we were crawling with kudzu bugs the other day. And we don't even have kudzu anywhere near.

Jean, thanks for giving me the benefit of your trained eye. I can rule out one item. I am still at a total loss as to what I DO have. I have now seen similar photos that attribute it to alternaria canker, bacterial canker, early blight, late blight... but none of those seem to fit, in my mind. From what I read, the first two have more of a raised hardened surface (or w/ circles) which doesn't jive with my problem. The latter (blight) seem to have a greater impact on the whole plant which is not the case now (although maybe that is what is brewing?) I don't mind losing two plants, or sacrificing them now if I have to. I will be truly devastated, however, if whatever afflicts these two plants were to kill my entire annual crop. Any recommendations? And one aside question: Do many people read this forum (pest/disease)? I tried to stay within the site rules/protocol and post here instead of the tomato forum, but it doesn't seem to get much traffic. Would it be in poor taste to post again to the other forum?

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