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Ive just lost my toms to the dreaded blight, i know it affects toms and potatoes but can it destroy anything else, i have chilli plants and bell pepper plants near by, should i be moving these immediately? 
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i think you're OK as tomatoes and potatoes are solanum family whereas chillis and peppers aren't.Cheers
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I planted my xmas potatoes in pots 2-3 weeks ago now & the pots are almost full already but i noticed the odd brown patch on the leaves yesterday - is this blight & if it is how can i stop it in its tracks. The pots are on the patio all together outside the green house?Last edited by Newbie; 28-08-2008, 11:09 AM.Comment
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One year I lost my christmas spud planting to blight. Busy year so I just cleared the tops but left the bed. Come the spring - up they popped and I got a good crop of early earlies!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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I need to get my eyes tested
I just read that as "I lost my christmas pud planting to blight"...Originally posted by Flummery View Post
Nice idea, not the blight, but the pudding plant
Newbie - this is my first year and I've nor had blight but there are quite a lot of threads on here about blight if you do a search. I think the leaves tend to go brown and slimy pretty quickly is that's what it is, based on those threads.
Chillis and bell / sweet peppers are definitely in the same family.
Solanaceae (Nightshade Family)
Solanaceae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I haven't the least idea though whether they can get blight. I did have a look on google and couldn't find any reference to them being at risk of catching blight of toms or spuds so fingers crossed!! Hopefully someone with more of a clue will be along soon
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Hello Blue, what a shame. I'm a new comer to blight but as far as I know it can affect tomatoes, potatoes, chillies and peppers.
All my beautiful tomatoes were stricken and are now bagged and binned. Boo Hoo.
Lost this lot. Hope your chillies and peppers are fine. Mine are so far, but they're in the conservatory.
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Oh no Alice I can't believe you lost those beautiful tomatoes!
How sad
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Yes I did Demeter, and my Tigerella and my Iide.
Looked at them yesterday and the leaves were all black, the fruits discoloured and everything sick.
All now bagged and binned. I'm pretty sick about it.
Making plans to make sure it doesn't happen next year. Never had the problem before - but I was in a different garden.
Boo Hoo.
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Oh, I'm so sorry Alice. It's a real downer to lose a whole season of growth isn't it?
Demeter, I've never tried planting a Christmas Pud - maybe it WOULD grow?Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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yeah, it would grow all white and furry...Originally posted by Flummery View PostWarning: I have a dangerous tendency to act like I know what I'm talking about.Comment
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There are different kinds of blight, affecting different plants. Most are host-specific, meaning for instance that Oak Blight won't affect Potatoes, and vice versa.
Potato blight is Phytophthora Infestans.
Chilli blight is Phytophthora Capsici.
Phytophthora capsici is known to infect many species of pepper, tomato, and other members of the solanaceae family. Melon, cucumbers, and other members of the plant family cucurbitaceae are also attacked.
Phytophthora is Greek for Plant Destroyer - apt, huh?
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I've found some brown leaves on tomatoes with one greyish-brown spot on one fruit - I took off all the affected leaves and the one fruit with the spot.
All the others look fine - two questions:
Is this blight ?
Is it OK to use the rest of the tomatoes which look fine? - they're still green.My hopes are not always realized but I always hope (Ovid)
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Some of my outdoor tomatoes are turning brown. It would seem to be blight, though I'd be happy if it wasn't.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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It's hard to say for sure from your description, May, but well can be. It is not a human disease though and it won't do you any harm to eat the fruit, some do ripen to healthy if picked off at this stage, but those that are infected, won't have a nice flavour.Comment
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