[colin120]

Hi all   my toms have very bad blight its a shame as I have very big beef toms still  green how long can I leave them on the plant before they start going black, have loads of cherry tom gone black already.

I planted 30 plants this year all have blight, lucky I started them early so I have had some very nice toms already

Cheers Colin

[New shoot]

Hi Colin.

If the plants are blighted, pick the fruit as soon as you can because it will transfer.  You will have to keep an eye on the fruit.  If it starts looking a funny brownish colour, or the skin starts to look odd, wrinkle and bubble up, bin them immediately as they are going down with blight as well.

I have before washed tomatoes from blighted plants with a campden tablet solution (used for sterilisation in wine making).  I didn't lose too many, but I have no proof it really helped or not.  Just an idea anyway