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Old 09-09-2009, 09:16 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 13:48:16 +0100, Roy Bailey
wrote:

Almost certainly, if the fruit started turning brown instead of
ripening.


I don't know the exact details as it was a friend of a friend to be
precise.

I have been looking after my neighbours' greenhouse while they are on
holiday, and their crop turned brown with blight almost overnight. The
damp conditions made it worse.


I thought plants under glass escaped because the rain was kept off
them?