On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:35:52 -0500, balvenieman wrote:

General Schvantzkoph wrote:

I've beenspraying my tomatoes with copper fungicide spray this year to
prevent blight. Last year was a complete disaster in my area (New
England) because of late blight.
Last year I brought home what looked suspiciously like potato
blight on some commercial cucumber sets; in addition, it took out a
tomato in short order before I got them disposed of. Fortunately, those
plants were in containers so the soil is isolated and I'll grow other
things in those containers for a few years.
This year, it was a sudden onslaught of downy mildew that caused
me
to pull a batch of "little marvel" peas on 1 May, just as they were
their most productive. Since then, I've sprayed _everything_ (well,
almost) with neem oil at least weekly, depending on rainfall. I also
sterilize my trellises, shears, knife, butcher's cotton twine garden
ties, etc. with 91% alcohol.
This is my first year using neem oil. In past years, I've used
copper fungicides with only spotty, unreliable results so if the neem
doesn't kill stuff outright....

I'm using both copper and neem oil.