On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:46:13 +0100, Klara wrote:

I wonder what else harbours blight? I lost all my tomatoes three years
ago, and haven't grown any (or anything edible, for that matter, due to
others reasons) since, then tried again this year, and they expired
yesterday :-((( But many of the flowering plants look unhappy too - the whole garden is
so very different from 30 years ago, so much more prone to diseases of
all sorts.

Klara, as far as I know only potatoes and tomatoes get this particular
blight. I'm not sure whether any other of the solanum family might be
affected.
If you have had as little rain this summer as we have had further
west, that would explain why other things are looking sad. Many of us
have similar sad-looking plants.
The rain of the last few days may perk things up a bit but it is a bit
late for some things.


Pam in Bristol