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19-07-2005, 10:21 AM

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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

So if you think it has blight then burn?

Yes.

Why?

As I have posted before, blight is NOT carried by resistant spores
in the soil, but in living plants (both weeds and wildlings). Just
precisely how does burning help?

Any remaining spores are destroyed. Unless you are very careful the
drying leaves you've thrown on the heap can release many more spores.

And why does burning help? It is at least as likely to make things
worse, by the rising hot air spreading the spores.

Asbestos spores?

Yes, I agree that using a flamethrower might help, because you are
burning in situ, and not distributing spores as you collect the
haulms, but I really don't understand why you think collecting them
and then burning them is any better than collecting them and then
composting them.

Because you're far more likely to spread spores by convection from a
warm compost heap and over a longer period.

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