[maverick]

I'm not sure if this has been asked before - apologies if it has.

I had grey mould or possibly blight on my tomatoes this year and my dad had the same. It was my first year of growing and in readiness for next year, I plan to create more raised beds in my garden.

My question is, is it ok to use the soil from the grow bags and add compost and nutrients etc in with them? Does the blight or grey mould affect the soil?

Thanks 

[Christine]

Destroy is my feeling - you don't want to be keeping any disease on the plot.

[PAULW]

Blight is airborne not soilborne the spores will die if they dont hit their target, I am spreading the compost from my tomatoes over my onion bed this will give it an extra year for the spores to disappear I have been doing this for a number of years without any problem.

[Salmo]

Agree with PaulW. Blight spores do not survive for many days without living plant material to live on.

Blight survives the Winter in potato tubers that are infected and are left in the ground or put in the compost heap but do not rot. When these sprout in the Spring they are the source that infests our crops.

Good hygien on your plot helps. Pick up every tiny potato. If you put any potatoes on your heap crush them first. Better in the Council composting. This also applies to parings from blighted potatoes.

[DD.]

Agree with PaulW. Blight spores do survive for many days without living plant material to live on.

Did you miss a "not" out there, Salmo?

[Salmo]

I do know what you are talking about!!!

[DD.]

OK - I must have mis-read it & you've edited something else!

[maverick]

Thanks for the advice, think I'll risk it for my new beds and mix in some good compost, manure etc with it.