First Full Hutton Period of the year forecast for tomorrow

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madcat

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I know we needed the rain, but now we are back to the worry about blight ... Potatoes flourishing, outdoor toms hardening off and Blightwatch are forecasting Hutton conditions for here (48hrs of warm and humid enough for the transfer of blight) by close of tomorrow. :( :(  <grumble grumble> 

Now, where did I put those aspirin after last year?   :unsure:  Seems to help and cant hurt ...
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I thought that too..... No rain for ages and then as soon as we get any - a blight warning  ::)
I think I'll turn mine off as there isn't much you can do to stop it, nowadays, even when you know it's possible.

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Blight Watch are showing Hutton Criteria for yesterday and a possible again today, here in S Wales, and I'm away for the next 6 days, so there's nothing I can do other than keep my fingers crossed.
I had to plant out my outdoor tomatoes a few days ago, due to going away, and now we get the welcome rain, but a big risk with it!!
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Makes me glad I have resistant toms but not potatoes though --GULP!
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I still have half a dozen outdoor tomatoes to plant out!

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No point in all that angst for those of us that don't spray. Possibly a useful warning to farmers. . My anti blight measures are to plant potatoes as soon as humanly possible, as early frost and cold soil  is easier to mitigate against than blight. Already tucking into my under cover earlies, flower buds just showing on the outside ones.
Most tomatoes are grown in the greenhouse, and the outside sauce crop is crimson crush that, short of armageddon, will produce a crop of some sort through the blight.
Wish I had as effective an organic answer to flea beetle.  :)
« Last Edit: May 26, 2018, 08:47 by victoria park »



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