Thread: When to give up on outdoor tomatoes due to blight
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Old 08-10-2013, 10:43 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default When to give up on outdoor tomatoes due to blight
On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 18:22:18 +0100, "Bob Hobden"
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I understood it was OK to compost all of the plant and the unripe fruit as
the spores can only survive on living tissue. What is important is that you
remove all infected potatoes from your plot which will harbour the spores
over winter.


Charles Dowding says yes - compost it all.

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