"sutartsorric" wrote ...
"Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Ed" wrote...
Is that blight?

If you mean the plants going black and rotting then yes, it's most likely
the cause. Some of the fruit may look ok but it will probably have blight
also and rot as it ripens.
Dig up and burn it all or dump it, do not leave anything behind.

I've sprayed ours with Bordeaux Mixture to ward off the blight but then we
also have only grown blight resistant varieties this year because I'm sick
of wasting all that effort.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

We grew about 12 different outdoor varieties this year, clearly
labelled so that when it came to eating the fruits we would know which
variety they were. A few have blight but they are mainly the 'cherry'
varieties. I'm not sure why that is, unless the plants were just
weaker in the first place.

SWMBO and myself have tasted them all, and we have decided on Olirose
as the tastiest, with Harbinger second and Moneymaker third. Harbinger
had the strongest plants by far.

Don't grow cherry type Toms as we wouldn't use them, neither of us would
dream of eating a Tom like a grape, yuk, we eat them cut up in salads and
cooked mainly. All the little ones I have tasted have just been sweet, with
little other flavour.
Our favourite Tom was Brigade but T & M stopped selling it in the UK, it was
deep blood red inside and solid, with little water, wonderful for sauces and
soups.
Now this year we have stuck to Ferline, Fantasio, and Legend (beefsteak) all
of which are blight resistant, which is more important that any other
consideration at the moment.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London