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    I went to the lottie at the weekend to find all my tomatoes covered in blight
    I'm devastated, there were some right corkers on there but now i've lost the lot. I guess I can't grow tomatoes anymore.
    Bex

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    I gave up growing them outside a few years ago after losing lovely crops just like you have. I stick to a few plants in the greenhouse now.

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    • #3
      I start mine really early so that I can usually get a decent crop before the blight hits. I've also found that 100's and 1000's in hanging baskets seem to avoid blight even when it's got everything else.

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      • #4
        I only grow them in the greenhouse now. Outdoor ones aren't worth the hassle
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          I'm going to see if my next door neighbour will let me put pots outside her windows next year ( I'm in a flat) so I can keep a closer eye of them.
          Bex

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          • #6
            I had blight last year and it devastated all my heirloom tomato plants to the point I couldn't save much seed. The seed I saved was from plants before the blight struck.
            This year...so far...everything has been fine and seeds have been saved. I've grown Matina this year and it seems to be blight resistant, it crops really well too. I heard somewhere that blight in potatoes and tomatoes are linked with them being from the same family. No one around us has grown potatoes this year (I grow in a small back garden) whether this has any bearing on the blight issue I'm not sure...

            ...knowing my luck I'll have blight by the weekend .

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            • #7
              I was blighted at the weekend, it was dreadful waste, all those tomatoes just waiting to ripen up now gone. Hardly any I could save. Will see what I can do different for next year, probably get my greenhouse sorted out properly so I can use it more efficiently.

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              • #8
                same here...my tomatoes have been rubbish this year anyway and I'd have only a handful of ripe ones so far but had top bin everything at the weekend as they all had blight. Same thing happened last year but at least I'd had loads of ripe tomatoes first. Also managed to ripen up loads of the green ones last year but this year everything is lost. Grrr!! No room for a greenhouse tho so I wont be giving up next year!!
                If it ain't broke...fix it til it is!

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                • #9
                  I think ours in the placcie GH are blighty while the ones in the cheapo poly are still ok. Hasn't got to the fruits yet except possibly one green un which looked a little dodgy. Have removed all the leaves and crossing fingers. Problem is I've been closing the door to help stuff ripen as it wasn't doing much and it gets really wet and drippy. Anyone tried making a vent in one of those things - it's one of the green mesh covers.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Bex View Post

                    I went to the lottie at the weekend to find all my tomatoes covered in blight
                    I'm devastated, there were some right corkers on there but now i've lost the lot. I guess I can't grow tomatoes anymore.
                    I'm new to this forum and to growing veg and I'm a bit confused by this. I thought that blight was caused by airborne spores that can infect tomatoes and potatoes and that so long as you remove all the infected material then you should be OK next year as the spores don't survive in the soil itself. Have I missed something or is it just that once you have blight in an area that it tends to survive in something in that area which will then infect your crop the next year?

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                    • #11
                      Welcome to the Vine.

                      You are right in that blight is transmitted by airborne spores. However it can also persist over winter in the soil; on diseased material (ie your compost heap may not be hot enough to kill the spores); on equipment (pots and greenhouse etc.) on potato tubers (although these normally rot through secondary infection) and I am informed through the seeds of toms!....which is why they recommend fermenting them before saving....rather that stick em on a bit of kitchen towel like me.....It is just good policy to cut out and burn any material ASAP.

                      I elected not to grow any outside this year as I have been so upset the last few years...typically lots of friend have had great success...very little bight round here....Still I have had many kilos from the greenhouse... best quality ever.

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                      • #12
                        Our lottie site has blight - but my tomato plants are tucked into a corner away from the prevailing winds and touch wood they are fine so far. One of the other plotholders sprayed his with bordeaux mixture as soon as blight was detected and managed to keep his crop.
                        Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Paulottie View Post
                          Welcome to the Vine.

                          You are right in that blight is transmitted by airborne spores. However it can also persist over winter in the soil; on diseased material (ie your compost heap may not be hot enough to kill the spores)
                          Blight needs living material to survive on.

                          The last time I checked, although it was possible (theoretically) for blight to survive overwinter in this country, so far, not one reported case has been identified. Please correct me if this has changed.
                          "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

                          Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by womble View Post
                            Blight needs living material to survive on.

                            The last time I checked, although it was possible (theoretically) for blight to survive overwinter in this country, so far, not one reported case has been identified. Please correct me if this has changed.
                            In Theory you are right Womble, but it could over winter in a potato that has not been affected by frost. Which is probably why it never goes away, even though frost will kill it.
                            This how i see it, but I could be wrong.
                            Mr TK's blog:
                            http://mr-tomato-king.blogspot.com/
                            2nd Jan early tomato sowing.

                            Video build your own Poly-tunnel

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Plot103 View Post
                              I thought that blight was caused by airborne spores ...and that so long as you remove all the infected material then you should be OK ?
                              You may well keep your plot clean, but do your neighbours? The spores blow in on the wind from all around
                              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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