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Am I right & I have Blight?

lawrie28
lawrie28 Posts: 2,666 Forumite
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Well, not me, but me Tomatoes? Have a look-

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If not, whats up with them, and what can I do to sort them out, if anything?

Many thanks.
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  • sarah1972
    sarah1972 Posts: 19,446 Senior Ambassador
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    Unfortunately it is blight, I have the same :(
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  • lawrie28
    lawrie28 Posts: 2,666 Forumite
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    And I am guessing there is nowt I can do but stick em in the bin :(

    Bummer, can I keep the pots I bought to use again for next year, or will they remain diseased and infect next years crop?
  • Badrick
    Badrick Posts: 607 Forumite
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    If they've got fruit on, I'd remove the diseased leaves/fruit (do not compost) and keep them well ventilated, you may have to remove some healthy leaves if plants are very close together.
    At the end of the season, sterilize the pots (and greenhouse?) with Jeyes fluid
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  • Leif
    Leif Posts: 3,727 Forumite
    Are you sure that is blight rather than just a bit of mankiness consistent with the current weather?
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  • Del_Astra
    Del_Astra Posts: 446 Forumite
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    Leif wrote: »
    Are you sure that is blight rather than just a bit of mankiness consistent with the current weather?

    That was my thought on first seeing the photo's. OP - Do you feed them?
  • sarah1972
    sarah1972 Posts: 19,446 Senior Ambassador
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    Leif wrote: »
    Are you sure that is blight rather than just a bit of mankiness consistent with the current weather?

    looks like blight on the stems. Mine started like that and now the blight has spread down half of the stems and all of my the actual fruit have got blight so had to dig up all of them in the greenhouse and scrub it all down :(
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  • jennimoo
    jennimoo Posts: 93 Forumite
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    Mine are the same, all 5 covered in it in the space of a week. They're in a raised bed, what do I do for next year? Can I plant again in the same area?
  • culpepper
    culpepper Posts: 4,076 Forumite
    Apparently blight cant survive winter without a live host (eg a few rogue potato tubers or rotted tomatoes left on the earth) so if you burn all the blighted plants and destroy any bad fruits(don't compost) it should not stay in the ground for next year.
    You can always disinfect pots.
  • Farway
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    culpepper wrote: »
    Apparently blight cant survive winter without a live host (eg a few rogue potato tubers or rotted tomatoes left on the earth) so if you burn all the blighted plants and destroy any bad fruits(don't compost) it should not stay in the ground for next year.
    You can always disinfect pots.

    Blight arrives on the wind & rain, you have no control over what a neighbour or allotment holder 10 yards away does regarding rogue potato tubers or rotted tomatoes left on the earth

    So, just spray against it earlier in 2013 & hope for better weather next year
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  • culpepper
    culpepper Posts: 4,076 Forumite
    Farway wrote: »
    Blight arrives on the wind & rain, you have no control over what a neighbour or allotment holder 10 yards away does regarding rogue potato tubers or rotted tomatoes left on the earth

    So, just spray against it earlier in 2013 & hope for better weather next year

    what do you use to spray it?
    Isnt bourdeux mixture unobtainable now?
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