On Aug 11, 11:10*pm, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Judith in France" *wrote
On Aug 11, 8:53 am, "Bob Hobden" *wrote:





From our experience a lot of those fruit will develop blight as they
ripen,
and rot.
An old trick was to place them in a drawer with a very ripe banana which
gives of a gas which ripens other fruit. It's why you shouldn't keep
bananas
in dish with other fruit.

Spray the plants with Bordeaux Mixture next year towards the end of July
and
keep them sprayed as the rain washes it off, needs doing about every two
or
three weeks IME.
There are also some blight resistant varieties available and they are
resistant (Fantasio, Ferline, Legend). We have proved it with Ferline when
a
few years ago they didn't get develop blight when everything around them
did. These may not be the varieties you want to grow but better some
home-grown tomatoes than none.

Interesting Bob, Edward is reading this over my shoulder, I guess next
year he will be growing Feline.

I seem to remember reading a few years ago that there are other resistant
varieties available in France.
Ferline (T & M), normal sized round tomato, looks just like the ones one
buys.
Fantasio is a little bigger.
Legend is a beefsteak variety, but strangely, on much smaller plants.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

I'm saving this post for next year thanks. I have grafted beefsteak
growing outside, doing very well but not a hint of ripening yet.

Judith