here we go again!

Oh dear Brian that is terrible for you..... I am not that close to you, but not so far either... I have suffered with it over the years on & off & my answer is to empty my greenhouse of all it's plants, any that have it it I get rid of. Although in saying that I do know people who spray with Bordeaux mixture..... Sad I know but I feel I have to cut my losses & ditch mine & I then shut off my greenhouse & set off a fumigation bomb in there.. After thet has done it's work I then make up a solution of hot water with plenty of bleach & Armillatox in.. (You can use Jeyes fluid if you like) in the water & get a broom & slosh & rub every area of the frame with it..
I do not have a solid floor in them so I then pour what is left all over it.. Go away for about 20mins & let it soak, then I get in there with the hose pipe & rinse everything off really well.. Leave it & all vents open to dry completely for at least 24hrs....
That is what I do & it works for me.. I have only had it a couple of times but not good I know.. I feel good ventilation helps allot.. I bought a couple of solar powered fans for the greenhouses & keep them in there now as well so my air circulation is good, I also put in extra slat vents & an extra window & it certainly seems to have knocked it on the head...... :dh: Well fingers crossed it has anyway.........!:wink:

 

Brian; are you sure it's blight?

I've used Bordeaux mixture within my greenhouse to stop the ravages of blight - it does work - although it doesn't cure blight it prevents it getting any worse, so providing you spray as soon as you see the first symptoms you'll be OK. Thats a better solution than discarding all your plants. Finally you could use a preventative spray if you are in an area where it is prevalent.

 

Sorry to hear that Brian, yes that is blight by the sound of it.

You have been unlicky to get it 3 years running and inside a greenhouse. I was amazed when I got blight in my greenhouse a couple of years ago, yet my neighbour growing tomatoes outside and only about 10 yards from my greenhouse escaped completely. :cnfs: I wondered at the time if the blight spores were in my water butt (I collect rain water off my shed roof).

 

Sorry to hear about your blight :(.

We now tend to grow our toms outdoors in a sheltered position and seem to get better results. When we grew them at the bottom of our garden (exposed to fields) we were getting blight each year and the greenhouse sometimes got it later. We keep the greenhouse very well ventilated and this now seems to keep the blight away until we have been able to harvest most of the crop.

The best results have been from our tomatoes we grow in a sheltered but well ventilated part of our patio. There is fence on three sides so the area gets the sun reflecting off the fence and keeping the plants dry. We, of course, only water from the bottom and have found that the toms ripen just as quickly as in the greenhouse. Blight only got to them just as they were ready to be pulled up anyway.




So our formula now is:-
outside for ventilation
shelter for warmth and quick drying
water from bottom.

This wouldn't, of course, solve the problem of rain all summer.

We still try growing them down the bottom of the garden and in the greenhouse as well :dh:

 

Don't worry Clare, they'll start ripening soon :gnthb: (Oscar told me :hehe k-l

By the way, I just picked 120 garlic and put them on the table to dry, with the onions, and Oscar is fast asleep on the garlic :hehe: