If Blighted - what to do with soil?

Maryann · « **on:** August 30, 2008, 14:29 »

If I have suffered with the dreaded blight on my Toms what should I be doing with areas they grown in please?

I have pulled up most of the plants - just left a few Ailsa Craig to see what happens to them - after removing all heavy trusses.

The weather has now changed and bright and sunny - and dry!

Should soil be disinfected and if so what with.

Ta for any advice.

MA.

paintedlady · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2008, 15:03 »

As long as you have completely removed the blighted material (obviously do not compost it) I personally would do nothing else. Obviously do not grow potatoes or tomatoes in that area and basically treat it as part of your 3 or 4 year crop rotation plan.

Some others may have differing views

richyrich7 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 30, 2008, 17:32 »

I agree with paintedlady no need to do anything the spores die on the ground within a couple of weeks.

Maryann · « **Reply #3 on:** August 31, 2008, 13:19 »

Thanks for replies.....the word blight makes you feel sort of unclean doesn't it :cry:

Don't want to wake up and find big painted red cross on my front door :evil:

muntjac · « **Reply #4 on:** August 31, 2008, 15:05 »

a shower of jeyes wont hurt iether over winter just use a watering can with half cup per container ,water the soil and leave it ,whn i was lad we used to take the soil up and steam it in a big soil kiln/boiler type thing on trays wrapped in hessian sacking, killed everything in the soil. then put manure down and the soil back on top :roll: kinda wondered why back then....

Maryann · « **Reply #5 on:** August 31, 2008, 15:46 »

Quote from: "muntjac"

whn i was lad we used to take the soil up and steam it in a big soil kiln/boiler type thing on trays wrapped in hessian sacking, killed everything in the soil. then put manure down and the soil back on top :roll: kinda wondered why back then....

Really

:shock:

That seems like a lot of hard work - even back then.... sorry not wishing to imply you are err um, very old :oops: ...

how did they know they had got all the soil that needed to be steralised? I would have thought if you missed even a little bit that was infected it would spread again, but then I know nothing....as my many post on here confirm

My hubby is now totally won over to your runner bean frame (thanks for that - brill)

muntjac · « **Reply #6 on:** August 31, 2008, 16:05 »

ty .re tips .. but they soil was steamed for about 4 hrs at a time around a ton at a time we had to put a layer of hessian down in the tray bottom and then the soil a wrap of more hessian and then push the trays from a barrow affair into the oven, then drag it out throw it down on the concrete mixing floor add fish blood n bone and some other concoctions known only to the old fella .. we had to do 6 x 30ft 12ft poly tunnels werth each season .then we had the great joy of going and collecting mole hills also for doing seed composts for bedding plants etc :roll: this was also steamed mind we had great toms etc and the seeds always showed great results when planted out or sold

Dominic · « **Reply #7 on:** September 03, 2008, 17:51 »

I thought blighted soil was no good for potatos for 5 years? Or even longer

agapanthus · « **Reply #8 on:** September 03, 2008, 20:31 »

Quote from: "muntjac"

ty .re tips .. but they soil was steamed for about 4 hrs at a time around a ton at a time we had to put a layer of hessian down in the tray bottom and then the soil a wrap of more hessian and then push the trays from a barrow affair into the oven, then drag it out throw it down on the concrete mixing floor add fish blood n bone and some other concoctions known only to the old fella .. we had to do 6 x 30ft 12ft poly tunnels werth each season .then we had the great joy of going and collecting mole hills also for doing seed composts for bedding plants etc :roll: this was also steamed mind we had great toms etc and the seeds always showed great results when planted out or sold

Poor OLD sod!!!! Had such a hard life!! :roll: :roll: :roll:

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #9 on:** September 03, 2008, 21:12 »

Munty also told me last year to lime over where my blighted potatoes were, and to leave it over the winter. I did lime, but later on put my leeks there and they were wonderful!

gobs · « **Reply #10 on:** September 04, 2008, 21:03 »

If the soil got blighted, we'd be in a real pickle!! :shock:

But thankfully, all volunteer potatoes turn up nice and healthy without any sign of blight or suffering. Phew!

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