[jacnal]

Okay, I've been trying to ignore these, from a neighbouring plot but I'm getting increasingly bothered by the sight of them, and also I worry that the blight spores are really getting themselves established here and could easily spread.

Have considered setting fire to them  :oops: , but that's just wrong, not to mention illegal. Am I being petty? Surely they should get rid of these as soon as possible? It's been MONTHS! And if they cared, they would have got a few good tomatoes before they were affected.

Now I'll mind my own business........

[muntjac]

are they coming to the plot? if so you cant do anything ,try to talk to them if you can .it looks like its been desreted for a while looking at the weeds etc

[jacnal]

I'll ask the managers to help. I've never ever seen that plot owner. The plot is getting quite weedy - so much so the weeds have come to the end of their life circle, some are dying off. The bindweed look like they've got the blight  :!:  :shock:

[muntjac]

some times when a plot goes untended for a while its because the owner has died ,they may have been alone at home with the spouse dying before them .no one knows then they had a plot or thinks about them at all .the managers approach is the best way in this case

[richyrich7]

Don't worry to much Jac once they die down and compost the blights done for anyway, it needs a living host to survive. I read the other day that it's safe to compost blighted material because of this fact. "How to make your garden fertile" by HDRA/search press an interesting read.

Like Muntjac says have a word with the site manager

[jacnal]

Thanks guys. I'll speak to the managers about my concerns!

Ooh, I hope the plot holder's okay though....

[sweet nasturtium]

Richyrich that's really helpful to know that blighted material is compostable.  I've got lots of blighted tomatoes and have been told to burn them by some of the old boys, bin them by other old boys and plastic bag them by more old boys.

Now why do they call them old wives' tales???

[richyrich7]

Must admit I've always burned them till I read it in that book, suppose I'll find out next year  :roll:

[sweet nasturtium]

OK, so who's HDRA?

[richyrich7]

OK, so who's HDRA?

Henry Doubleday Research Association it them organic bods

At http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/ some excellent stuff on there to be honest most of it works well with any kind of gardening,

[sweet nasturtium]

So they're not just saying it because burning it would cause too many carbon emissions?

[richyrich7]

Well it kinda ties in with what we was taught "blight spores only remain viable for up to 7 days on/in the soil" so it sounds ok to me, glad I ain't the only cynic  

[sweet nasturtium]

Thanks, that's good to know.