"PatC" wrote in message
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Please
any advice please - see earlier replies to other posts


hello pat,
don't know if this will help you but i read something interesting today in a
slightly old gardening australia magazine: when the plants get to be 1/3
metre high and as thick as your little finger (or mine, or someone's ;-)
push a short piece of copper wire through the stalk near the ground, and
your tomatoes will be "disease free".

i can't believe it's _quite_ as easy as all that, but pete c. speculated
that the copper is taken up & prevents fungal diseases (so there's part of
the battle). certainly worth experimenting with if nothing is working &
nothing left to lose!
kylie