Tomato blight update :(

Discussion in 'Edible Gardening' started by Freedom_Spark, Aug 17, 2009.

  1. Freedom_Spark

    Freedom_Spark Gardener

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    Hi everyone, thanks for all the advice on tomato blight. Unfortunately the majority of my plants had to be disposed of as the disease got into the stems and a few fruits began to rot. There is one plant with large fruits which had some suspicious leaves which were removed, so far I haven't noticed any lesions on the stems so it's staying put for now. So I only have one large plant and two cherry tomato plants which were in baskets and seem to have recovered quite a bit since I removed the diseased leaves in fact one of them has some ripening fruit: -

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    I managed to save quite a bit of green fruit before burning the plants with infected stems & I have spotted quite a simple description of how to make green tomato chutney in a book by organic gardener Bob Flowerdew, if anyone else has any simple recipes let me know.

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    I can only hope for the best with my final three plants (I had around 20 to begin with:() I think it may have been over-watering and lack of ventilation in the greenhouse which gave the blight perfect conditions to thrive in, or possibly the close proximity of the infected potatoes. I just hope it doesn't become a regular occurance I wasn't expecting much of a crop in my first year, still it's bitterly disappointing especially after tasting a few ripe cherry tomatoes, those in the shops are completely tasteless in comparison.

    Thanks again for all the advice everyone, just thought I'd update.
     
  2. JWK

    JWK Gardener Staff Member

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    I think you were just very unlucky FS, its been a very bad year for blight going by the number of people reporting it on here. I hope your remaining plants do well.
     
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