Tomato blight - What should I do?

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Tomato blight - What should I do?
« on: September 24, 2010, 11:43 »
About 6 (of the 20) tomato plants on my plot are showing signs of blight but I dont know what to do with them.

As it's getting late in the season should I just leave them?

I keep reading that blight only survives on living plants, so if I did leave the plants in place and just disposed of them with the Council when harvesting has finished, will everything be OK, soil-wise, for next year?


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Re: Tomato blight - What should I do?
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2010, 13:19 »
I wouldn't just leave them as it will spread, but if it is just on the leaves and some fruit, what I did when I had blight in my polytunnel was to take off all affected leaves and fruits and burnt them.  Then kept watch every day for anymore turning.  After a while it seemed to stop and the rest of my fruits were good and I even got some more flowers appearing, although it was a bit late for them to do anything.

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Re: Tomato blight - What should I do?
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2010, 14:07 »
At the very least.... dispose of the plants that have it badly, or it will spread to your other plants and other people's as well.


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