"Bob Hobden" wrote in
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"David WE Roberts" wrote


"Ros Butt" wrote
Has anyone been struck by tomato blight?
I am intersted to know if it is around in Sussex.

I'm signed up with Bligh****ch, and in West Sussex PO18 area and
today received a 'Fulls Smiths' for blight in the area


Me too - which just needs me to find out what a Full Smith Period is.


It means the weather conditions are (have been) such that Blight is a
possibility. It needs specific conditions to be able to attack plants.

Time to get the Bordeaux Mixture out yet our outdoor Toms are not even
flowering yet, what a dreadful year this has turned into, I've never
known growing conditions as bad as this with so many types of plants
just sulking.

Same here, though I have only been trying to grow veg for, I think 5 years.
This year is the worst by far leaps and bounds.
I think my Arran Pilot first early potatoes might be blighted. Some of them
are black and slimy. The others, International Kidney and Maris Peer(second
early) seem OK at the moment.
The outdoor tomatoes are like yours, sulking, not a flower in sight.
I wonder how much money I have spent on seed this year, time and time
again, not mentioning seed and potting compost, growmore, chicken manure
and the like.
Blackfly on my cherry trees and none on the broad beans? Goes against
everything I learned about growing fruit and veg.

Let us all have some luck next year.
Baz