Tomato Disease - not sure type

Question: I thought the disease was early blight or leaf spot, so I followed some advice from the internet. I have cut off all the infected leaves and stems every other day for the last 3 weeks.  I also sprayed neem oil on the plants at night twice - 9 days apart.  The last time was Saturday evening.  Yesterday, it looked like I had not done it for the disease had spread upward. Obviously I am doing something wrong.  I have two rows of tomatoes about 32 in all.  Photos show the cutting of the lower infected branches.

Thank you 
Steve

responder: Answered by the Home and Garden Information Center (HGIC), University of Maryland Extension. For timely gardening information and tips, subscribe to our Maryland Grows blog and quarterly newsletter. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Replied July 25, 2023, 2:02 PM EDT
response: Hi- some of the lesions could be caused by Septoria leaf spot and the smaller dark lesions could be caused by bacterial spot disease. The latter will also produce symptoms on fruits.  Removing lower leaf branches is a good strategy for removing disease inoculum and promoting better air circulation and faster leaf drying.  Neem oil will not help much here. Fixed liquid copper is the most effective organic fungicide and Daconil and Mancozeb are the two most effective synthetic fungicides available for home gardeners. They will not cure infections but will prevent them from spreading. Jon

responder: The Question Asker Replied July 26, 2023, 9:02 AM EDT
response: Would hydrogen peroxide and water be used for these lesions?    Thank you for your help – Steve

responder: Answered by the Home and Garden Information Center (HGIC), University of Maryland Extension. For timely gardening information and tips, subscribe to our Maryland Grows blog and quarterly newsletter. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Replied July 26, 2023, 9:38 AM EDT
response: Hi- hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen dioxide have not been shown through field experiments to be very effective. https://vegnet.osu.edu/sites/vegnet/files/imce/VegNet%20Vol.%2013%2C%20No.%2017.%20August%2024%2C%202006.pdf  https://vegetablegrowersnews.com/news/are-hydrogen-peroxide-products-effective-fungicides/ Jon

responder: The Question Asker Replied January 11, 2024, 11:20 AM EST
response: Ask Extension,    In your opinion and those of your colleagues what 2 tomatoes varieties are the most disease resistance in our area?  I have a garden in Gambrills/Crofton and I fight the leaf spot, bacteria spot and the early/late blight which seems to love the tomato plants.  I have a fairly large garden and rotate the vegetables each year.  The peppers, cucumbers, and zucchini were the best last year (been planting for about 35 yrs).  I got a fair number of tomatoes, but the plants started looking really bad with leaf spot, etc. going into July.    Thank you for your help! Stephen

responder: Answered by the Home and Garden Information Center (HGIC), University of Maryland Extension. For timely gardening information and tips, subscribe to our Maryland Grows blog and quarterly newsletter. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Replied January 11, 2024, 12:33 PM EST
response: Hi-  Early blight and Septoria leaf spot are the diseases of greatest concern. Late blight would be very rare in Anne Arundel Co.  We are not aware of any cultivars with good resistance to the two main fungal leaf spot diseases.   Mt. Fresh and Plum Dandy are supposed to have some resistance to early blight and Iron Lady to Septoria leaf spot  (we grew Iron Lady and rated the eating quality low).   Cornell has a very good web page that they update regularly on disease resistance of vegetable cultivars: https://www.vegetables.cornell.edu/pest-management/disease-factsheets/disease-resistant-vegetable-varieties/disease-resistant-tomato-varieties/ (you can click the link at the top to see it as a spreadsheet).  You are doing a good job of removing lower leaves and giving your plants adequate space. A few liquid copper applications when symptoms first appear could help reduce disease severity. Jon