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Old 03-03-2008, 07:32 PM
fizzywitch fizzywitch is offline
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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Originally Posted by zazen999 View Post
all mine get mildew but we just chop the affected leaves off and leave them to grow; you usually get it [i find] when it is wet, so keeping all water off the leaves does reduce it alot. Mind you, in last year's weather there was no hope; but you can still keep them producing fruit mildew or not. The trick is to take the first few fruits off as soon as you can and not wait for them to get too big - this encourages more to set.

Anyhow, I hope you enjoy it here!
Thanks zasen999. It was the fruit - blossom end rot more I should say, especially the yellow ones, usually just as we thought they'd be ready to cut
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