do I cut affected leaves from diseased tomato plants?

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Yes and do not throw them in your compost pile. Even tho you cut out the bad stems you will continue to get other stems effected by the disease. Try mulching your tomatoes at the begining of the growing season to keep soil born virus's from splashing on you plant during a rain.

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