"Cindy Fuller" wrote in message
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In article ,
Gary Woods wrote:

zxcvbob wrote:

I've been having trouble with Late Blight for several years, but usually
manage to get a crop anyway

I had a heavy attack of late blight, encouraged by a cold wet summer here
in upstate NY. Got enough tomatos for salad, but not for canning. I got
a
few "Silvery Fir Tree" fruits to preserve my seed supply at least.... I'm
going to give the seeds a quick dilute Clorox bath after their usual
fermenting/cleaning.
All my plants are started from seed, but there are apparently enough
spores
about, despite my rural location, to infect everything in a year like
this.
I'm looking for suitable treatment for next year, with the emphasis on
things that are proven to work. Organic preferred, but....


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at
home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

It was a banner year for tomatoes in Seattle because we had a relatively
hot and dry summer. Naturally, I didn't bother with tomatoes because of
my abject failures in previous years. Although I think the rains of
this weekend are about to drown any chance of a good late-season crop.
Right now it looks more like Ithaca rain than Seattle rain.

Cindy

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Had a good year in So-Cal. Planted tomatoes with lots letters after the
name. Not as tasty as previous years. I got tired of being hit with blight
or whatever it is. The peppers are still going strong. Going to add more
varieties next year. All in all a very good year.