Blighted tomatoes

Hi all.

Looks like this got many of us for at least the 2nd year running.......

I did try armillatox, applied earlier this year as per instructions on the bottle, but no joy. Oddly enough, one treated area 8" away from the blighted area has a solitary unaffected plant - still producing half-decent gardener's delight cherry toms.

How localised is the blight in the soil? Is it particularly mobile? (It looks like potato blight from the pics in the Vegetable and Herb Expert book)

Also is there anything else apart from armillatox that might be more effective (including maybe *more* doses of armillatox? )

That area has been dug over, and awaits some compost, so there's nothing useful at all in there right now....

Any ideas welcome

cheers,
(Tomless) Dave

 

Last couple of years I've sprayed with copper two or three times, dont really like doing it, but it works.

The other good way of defeating blight is dry weather, something we dont seem to get much of at the moment:D

 

Thanks guys.

I didn't know blight was airborne - given the prevailing wind in the garden, this makes some sense....
I'll try the preparations you suggested

cheers,
Dave

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