"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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Is this normal?

I've never noticed it happen in the past.

The tomatoes have now completely died off, I've tried to saave some of the
fruit, but I'm worried that it may not be good enough to eat.

And, the second problem is, will the virus, or whatever it was, stay in the
soil and affect next years plants?

I'm going to take the plants down to the tip rather than put them on the
compost heap.

Alan