Monthly Archives: October 2016

Tomato Blight – some recovery

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Advice I sought on tomato blight recommended throwing the whole lot out, disinfecting the greenhouse etc etc.

I started with this strategy but then..when I got to the last few, which had previously shown such healthy looking growth, I just couldn’t. Maybe they might recover?  The Tom Thumb  plants didn’t look quite so badly affected either so maybe I could keep those?  I know.  Tomato blight is a fungal infection so it would mean the spores remained in the air, probably until next year to re-infect.

Interestingly a trip to son and wife in Cardiff, who I had given several plants to before the blight struck, seemed unaffected and there plants were proving to be good croppers.  They were semi-outside in a small makeshift greenhouse.  No blight!

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