On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:08:49 -0600, zxcvbob wrote:

General Schvantzkoph wrote:
Are there any varieties of tomatoes that are late blight resistant
besides Legend? I've been hunting around the net and there seems to be
some promises of new varieties this year but I haven't found a source
for anything except Legend. I'm going to order a pack of Legend seeds
but I'd like to have a few more options.


I grew Legend last year and was not impressed -- although the weather
was so bad for tomatoes and peppers it might not have been a fair test.
The few fruit that I got tasted good, but the plants were eat-up with
blight just like any other tomato, and the yield was not all that good.
However I also grew some Porter tomatoes and those plants were big and
healthy (they have no particular resistances, but were bred to tolerate
poor weather.) So I'll probably plant the Porters again this year, and
maybe a few Better Boys. Go back to what works.

Giving the plants lots of nitrogen early in the season so they grow big
and lush seems to help. Then stop with the N once they start blooming.

Or you can just plant tomatillos instead of tomatoes. ;-)

Bob

I sprayed last year but I wasn't happy about it. I managed to arrest the
blight enough so that I got some tomatoes but growing your own fungicide
covered tomatoes defeats the purpose of having a home garden.

I've ordered seeds this year. Last year's massive late blight infestation
was blamed on the big box stores selling tainted plants. I bought plants
from both of them as well as from local garden supply stores. This year
I'm going to do everything from seed.

I've ordered a packet of Legends as well as several heirloom varieties,
Black Sea Man Tomato, Organic Yellow Pear, and Italian Grape.