I sounds like Early Blight to me. Get a good general purpose fungicide
and mist the leaves late in the evening once a week . If you water just
water the ground not the plant. Add 1/2 aspirin per gal. of spray also.
Next year start with the spray every week after you plant.
From Mel & Donnie in Bluebird Valley
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