Tomato Blight

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Bing

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Tomato Blight
« on: July 04, 2016, 08:57 »
all my 18 plants, 9 veriaties, all over 3 feet tall, now squeezed into delak.:~(
Rain at night, sunshine all day long!

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Re: Tomato Blight
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2016, 10:43 »
What a crying shame Bing  :(   So far - touches wood, throws salt over shoulder and mutters incantations - no sign of it here, but I do feel for you.  Its gutting when you lose the lot like that  :(

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Re: Tomato Blight
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2016, 12:28 »
That's rotten 'luck', Bing!

Must check the Blightwatch site yet again...:0(

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Re: Tomato Blight
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2016, 15:09 »
I feel so sorry for you, just at the time when we all start looking at our tomato plants and looking forward to tasty, fresh ones.  I hope you have friends with healthy plants who will give you some of their surplus.

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Re: Tomato Blight
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2016, 16:58 »
I don't think that I'd take a chance on composting them. They'd be on a bonfire.

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Re: Tomato Blight
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2016, 19:55 »
Looks as if mine are now infected. I usually dispose of the fruit and compost the rest as I believe blight only survives on live plants.

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Re: Tomato Blight
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2016, 20:34 »
I believe blight only survives on live plants.

That may be correct but some of us are adding new plant material to the compost bin on a daily basis.
The spores could possibly survive on the new material, and each time I open the lid, the spores could escape onto my plot.  I'd rather play safe, thank you.



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