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« on: April 20, 2008, 22:27 »
I read somewhere that if you provide a cover for tomato plants(like umberella) to keep rain off it will help prevent blight.
anybody else heard about this or seen it in operation?
anybody got designs for this bearing in mind the wind we get on most plots.

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« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2008, 22:31 »
I've never heard of it or seen any design, just sheltered some of me plants last year with this transparent plastic stuff, only tomato I had, was from them.
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« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2008, 22:33 »
you can can get blight in the greenhouse miles from anywhere  :?
feed the soil not the plants
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« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2008, 22:34 »
how did you secure it?
or was it a tunnel type structure.

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« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2008, 22:43 »
It  was secured on wooden sticks, about 3 feet high. Quite like a carrot enclosure zone. :lol:  :lol:

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« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2008, 22:44 »
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you can can get blight in the greenhouse miles from anywhere  :?


Bluudy so unlikely you need to be we some bad move. :lol:

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« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2008, 22:52 »
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It was secured on wooden sticks, about 3 feet high. Quite like a carrot enclosure zone.

nothing overhead ?  :o

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« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2008, 23:08 »
No. Nothing on top.

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« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2008, 06:56 »
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No. Nothing on top.


I won't say anything Gobs - but sometimes you really do invite comments!! :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2008, 09:34 »
Hi DD
It was me that had nothing on top. Just taken me cap off  :lol:

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« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2008, 09:38 »
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Hi DD
It was me that had nothing on top. Just taken me cap off  :lol:


Me? - I've got nothing UP top!

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« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2008, 09:41 »
Quote from: "gobs"
Quote from: "shaun"
you can can get blight in the greenhouse miles from anywhere  :?


Bluudy so unlikely you need to be we some bad move. :lol:


My polytunnel tomatoes got blight last year, must have blown in the door from my potatoes!!!!!   I kept it off by taking off every brown bit as soon as I saw it, so still got a good crop of tomatoes!


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