The Potting Shed

Somerset Lad · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:07 am Post subject:

I sow some toms in January and pot on,. Was picking toms on the first week in june until2 weeks ago. I look like a tomato. Rolling Eyes

Libby · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:42 am Post subject:

Mine all got 'blight'!!!
Where yours grown inside or out SL?
Can you prevent 'blight'?

Somerset Lad · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:07 pm Post subject:

I grow them inside and out Libby, outside ones just need a spray of Bordeaux mixture to prevent tomato/potato blight. It is reckoned to be organic. I do grow a lot of San Marzano and super Marmande for freezing as pasata or sauces. I bought a Pomodoro from seeds of Italy a marvelous tomato press that separates the pulp from the seeds and skins. Wink

We didn't need to spray years ago as it wasn't soo prevelant but i thinl it's the warm wet summers. Wink

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How does tomato blight manifest SL?

Somerset Lad · Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject:

It develops black patches on the foliage, then brownish blobs on the green toms and this spreads making them inedible. It's usually weather related, ie. warm damp weather. The only thing to do is clear them out, pick up all leaves etc. and burn. Resite your tomatoes next year to somewhere that hasn't grown them or potatoes. Wink

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mc55 · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject:

wierdly my tomatoes seemed to grow out of the bit of blight they had. I did think I'd lose them all at one point, but miraculously they pulled round.
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Somerset Lad · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject:

You got it in one Lloyd, sulphur candle to blast the spores. Wink