Ok! Thanks!
Have you checked for aphids?
I looked pretty closely under the leaves and at the stems, but haven’t seen any.
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Hmmm… looks to me like something having a free lunch. Aphids, spider mites, fungus gnats (typically the larvae will bite young plants at the soil level) any damage around the stems?
I would spray under the leaves with some soapy water if nothing else. And by soap I mean plain ole ivory bar soap shaved off and mixed with water in a spray bottle.
Nah. They look strong and intact. No weeping or bore holes.
I hit them with neem oil. I dunno if thats the right thing though. I’ve never done anything with plant maladies other than cut em down and throw through the chipper.
Neem oil is good stuff.
There are all kinds of plant maladies here and most are insects… lol
Diatomaceous earth works on some but, not all. Sometimes you have to get serious and use some kind of mild insecticide.
I did the year before last.
I’m leaning toward organic/minimal pesticides as I’ve thought more about it the last couple years.
Not out of health concerns or the planet, but because I want to command an army of mantids to do my bidding.
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Jed loves these things. He says only the males fly…lol
Me too. Such amazing and strange creatures they are.
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It look like Septoria leaf spot a lot
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The basil bed is boomin, the fertilizer is shroomin’, and the volunteers are bloomin. 
The tomatoes from seed are doing a little better but still meh. I treated them for the fungus, and fertilized the whole shebang with mushroom manure.
The volunteers that took from last year are blooming and doing good though. Everything else is doing really really good too.
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