What is the point?!!!

[lettucegrow!]

OK I'm feeling a bit defeated at the moment,you spend long hours tending these little seedlings,encouraging them to grow,potting on,talking to them and looking forward to the fruits of your labours and then go on holiday and pay neighbours teenage offspring to do the honours with the watering and come home and they promptly curl up and die with the blight!!!! I'm giving toms. and pots. a miss for a couple of years along with the august holiday. I'm going to grow stuff that's not so touchy!

[Two_Sheds]

Try growing First Early spuds (which are harvested before blight comes along) and grow your toms in a greenhouse. xx

[lettucegrow!]

they were in the greenhouse!!!

[Stacey Steve]

Just think of this as you are trying to bend nature to your will.

Nature is a lot more experienced than you and will at every turn try to outdo you.

Softly, softly catche monkey

[lettucegrow!]

I suppose,but is that the best thing to do though give vegs that are blight prone a miss for a couple of years because the spores sit in the soil,lying in wait, waiting to attack again!!

[flowerofshona]

Try Ferline toms, they are blight resistant and have great flavour.
If you have or can borrow a steam cleaner to clean your greenhouse with it will make a huge difference !! far better than jet washing of spraying ect. Do everything, benches, watering cans ect.

[JennieAtkinson]

I sympathise completely Lettucegrow. Next year I am going to grow only those veg this year which gave a good return for the TLC given. I've got a family wedding in July so this will be a test year to see if I can manage without tomatoes and cucumbers - and OF COURSE I CAN - had two cucumbers this year and four tomatoes. Yet the amount of time I've spent on these plants has been to the detriment of everthing else!

[marigold007]

I don't understand why the British go on Holiday to sunny places during what is suppose to be the hottest and sunniest month of the year. Spain is just disgustingly hot in August. It makes much more sense to fly South in the middle of Winter to top yourself up with sunlight.

[zazen999]

I lost all my toms last year, and sprayed mine this year as I didn't want it to happen again.

The reason I bother is because eating a fresh homegrown tom, with mozarella and some basil is the truly gorgeous. Yum yum.

[Capsid]

I don't understand why the British go on Holiday to sunny places during what is suppose to be the hottest and sunniest month of the year. Spain is just disgustingly hot in August. It makes much more sense to fly South in the middle of Winter to top yourself up with sunlight.

School holidays? The next holiday is Xmas and most want to spend that with family at home.

[marigold007]

School holidays? The next holiday is Xmas and most want to spend that with family at home.

I thought you Europeans enjoyed something like six weeks of bliss-filled holiday time per year.

I guess this is yet another strike against the option of producing offspring and having to do all the family stuff.

[Headfry]

I have been growing tomatoes for some 30 years now, never EVER had blight until the last two years.....I had to look it up to see what it looked like)
But why has it become such a problem now? everyone gets it....
What do the clever people say, has it become more prevalent? is any research being done?

[Capsid]

It's due to the wet summers which we have had the last 2 years. Next year will be fine when global warming really kicks in .

[lettucegrow!]

well I suppose I'd better get out into the greenhouse and start cleaning!!!!
Looking forward to neat years sunshine.