Tomato disaster
 

My plants are all dying, apparently I'm not alone the whole New England
crop is being wiped out by Irish potato famine fungus.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...n ew_england/

Tomato disaster
 

On 31 Jul 2009 15:04:18 GMT, General Schvantzkoph
wrote:

My plants are all dying, apparently I'm not alone the whole New England
crop is being wiped out by Irish potato famine fungus.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...n ew_england/

I'm sorry to hear that. i had over 100 tomato plants succumb to blight
one year. I was able to keep some going and don't know if it was my
efforts or that a few plants were stronger. I used a strong garlic
based infusion to feed the tomatoes with, along with other herbs like
yarrow and comfrey.

i don't know if it's the same blight, but certain ones will stay in
the soil for several years. :(

Kate

Tomato disaster
 

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:22:39 -0500, kate wrote:

On 31 Jul 2009 15:04:18 GMT, General Schvantzkoph
wrote:

My plants are all dying, apparently I'm not alone the whole New England
crop is being wiped out by Irish potato famine fungus.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...es/2009/07/31/
disease_that_spawned_irelands_potato_famine_hits_n ew_england/

I'm sorry to hear that. i had over 100 tomato plants succumb to blight
one year. I was able to keep some going and don't know if it was my
efforts or that a few plants were stronger. I used a strong garlic based
infusion to feed the tomatoes with, along with other herbs like yarrow
and comfrey.

i don't know if it's the same blight, but certain ones will stay in the
soil for several years. :(

Kate

Has anyone had any experience with blight resistant varieties? Oregon
State claims to have developed a variety called Legend that is late
blight resistant. Is it available to the public yet?