Thanks so much for the info. Sorry it took me a few days to reply, my work schedule has been a little insane... I had thought leaf spot was possible, but the beginning stage of this fungus was like nothing I could find (picture or description) describing Septoria. It looked like a black/brown dust (raised) was covering the undersides of the leaves- like someone held the plant upside-down and spilled soil on it :) If two of you think that's what it is, then it must be. I thought rust both because that was the ONLY fungus that looked even remotely similar and we had rust on a jasmine vine planted about 6 feet away in the flower bed (this tomato is potted so it does not share soil with any plants). The good news is- after an all out assault of (Safer) fungicide (every 4 days) and seaweed- the plant appears to be in recovery. A couple of the young tomatoes appear to be a bit deformed so I'm going to keep a close eye on it. The leaf loss was quite extensive, so I may have a problem with sun scald. (btw, in a couple of the photos you can see the whole plant behind me- it's the potted plant on the white stand). QUESTIONs: If I start using Fish Emulsion with the seaweed now will it encourage some more leaf production to help the sun scald problem? Or will any new leaf growth be effected by the fungus? The plant is potted so I have not grown anything in the soil before, it must have picked up the disease at the nursery. This is my ONLY potted tomato and I'm noticing a few spots on my other tomatoes (planted in a garden), if I catch this fungus early enough will it contaminate the soil? Sorry if it was unclear, all of my plants are outside (I brought my laptop out and used the camera built into it to take the pics- GO MAC!!!) Thanks again for all the posts, diagnosing this little fungus had truly been driving me crazy!

Jeanne is ABSOUTELY right! It is NOT scale but the results of a bad mite infestation. That is what they do to the leaves and the white colored/pitted leaves are permanently like this after the damage is done. Believe me, I have had a lot of experience with these buggers in the last year and they DO spread. You must segregate this plant immediately or cut off those bad leaves. Once these guys spread they are very tough to get rid of. It was a nightmare for me. I have them under control now by using a natural spray made by Doktor Doom (don't know if its available in the US though). As soon as you see these markings on any of your other plants make sure you treat them immdediatly. The new leaves should come in fine after you eradicate them. Check all the othersides of your other plants...they seem to like Phal's the most but I've had them on Catt's and Dend's as well. Good luck! Teresa

I posted a thread about this a few weeks back. I have the exact same thing on my peppers and eggplants. Definitely not wooly aphids. It's not an insect. Slight chance it's an insect egg but in my opinion it's secretion of some sort. After not seeing any damage to my plants I totally forgot about it. I meant to send a pic to the extension office to see if they could identify it but it slipped my mind.

Wow! I loved reading this, it is really like a fascinating book. I love this site, you can find ANYTHING! here. One observation I had in regards to the locket engravings. The letters G.F.A and F.C are in the same block style (font) and the T.F are in a totally different more romantic one. I would think that is to create a easily read visual of the "wording" on the back. The message seems to me to say G.F.A (a person) T.F (together forever) F.A (the other person) and the date of 1911 for a wedding. Are you certain Alice never married? You should look to see whether those initials match anyone else in your family. Just a thought, are you sure the soldier in the picture was really Aunt Alice's fiance? or could her story have gotten mixed up with someone elses. A story of a fiance killed in the war and a picture of a scotish soldier could have easily gotten assumed over the years. Also it is possible that the locket belonged first to Alice's mother and had her husbands pic in it (Alice's father) and that is her wearing it in the photo, because it was hers. And when she died, if that is Alice in the picture(as a child) she inherited the locket and added the picture of her deceased love and the date at a later time? Of course the locket could have belonged to someone else entirely and aunt Alices fiance placed into it by her when she wore it at a later time. Checking out those initials would be my first step. Finding out the dates of family weddings and who died before who would be my second. You said Alice had other sisters, could it be one of their wedding dates? did a sister die before Alice and that is how she inherited the locket? perhaps the other man in the locket is not a father since he seems too young for the age of the photo but a sister's husband (original owner of the locket)and Alice simply left the pic in there since his picture is the one that goes with the engraving and added her own dead love? To Identify the lockets original owner I would go with what I know and get the names of all parties to try to match up those initials with someone in the family. PLEASE keep us posted and good luck!