Fight the blight...

Lost all our outside plants but managed to move the unaffected plants from the greenhouse - growing in pots this year , have lost some from greenhouse.

Regarding Bordeaux Mixture There is another thread in this section ' Bordeaux (for Blight) which gives a link that says that the product has been withdrawn.

Received a blight warning today.

Flicking through the October 2015 issue of Gardeners' World and came across the following ( which I must have missed) in the Question Time section -

" Q ,  What replaces Bordeaux Mixture? ( Questioners name )

 A ,  Pippa ( Greenwood) Says: This fungicide was banned from sale nearly a year ago, and there is no direct alternative. However , many fungal diseases can be controlled by regularly removing infected leaves , reducing leaf wetness, and improving air circulation and growing resistant varieties."

Disposal of infected plants appears to divide , two of my books both advise against composting while I have also read opinion that composting is OK. It would appear that one follows what one is happy to do.

I often refer back to previous years magazines in a particular month , rather than leaving them on the shelf , the memory is not what it was!!

Reading old mags and books is always a worthwhile pastime, Ten! I've still got Percy Thrower's 'In your garden' on the shelf, and it regularly gets a peek!

Just as an update on the two 'rogue/saint' Crimson Crush plants on The Patch; they're still going strong! The fruit is still firm and most of it is turning to ripeness now, but apart from a somewhat bedraggled look, the best one is making a fist of keeping at least a couple of pounds of unblemished fruit on the march!

I've saved lots of seed for next year, and will see what happens then...

I've still got a few tomatoes on my outdoor Crimson Crush plants, but they now look as if they are finally going down with a bit of blight.  From eight plants I have picked almost forty pounds of tomatoes, so definitely worth doing again. I am also going to try Mountain Magic next year, as quite a few have commented that they are very good.

I kept it at bay with bordeaux mix applied every 4 weeks in  june july and august. I noticed some of my plants are succumbing now, but it's a lot slower at this time of year and it doesn' t matter as i got my crop in.
I don't know what i'll do when my stash runs out. I don't have a greenhouse and have a total devotion to my tomatoes.  I read that French wine growers can still use it, I'm holidaying in France next summer and i will try my hardest to get some. (maybe I shouldn't be saying that on a public forum!)

(maybe I shouldn't be saying that on a public forum!)

I'm sorry, but we really shouldn't be discussing doing something that is illegal.

What you do is of course up to you, but the Forum can't be seen as encouraging other people to do the same thing.

You're right of course, Mums!

I remember watching a gardening programme about champion leek growing, and the chap from way up north would feed his leeks with a secret recipe!

And the final key ingredient for a thirty gallon drum of his own mixture?

A bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale!

I think I know what I'd do with such a delicacy..;0)

I'll send it to Tenhens!!       I'll give you my address , wrap it well and forward it to North Derbyshire!!! , Happy to accept any multi buy ( BOGOF ) offers!!