Drew wrote:[color=blue][i]
Alan Holmes Wrote:

"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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And, the second problem is, will the virus, or whatever it was, stay
in the
soil and affect next years plants?

I'm going to take the plants down to the tip rather than put them on
the
compost heap.

Alan


Hi Alan,

I asked a similar question a few months ago, i.e. How do you sterilize
the soil in a greenhouse?

I know that it should be replaced every three years, but is there a
foolproof method of sterilizing it??

Regards

Drew

The Victorians used to use something that looked like a brick barbeque
and baked the soild but for the life of me I can't remember the temperature.



Richard.

In article , Alan Holmes
writes

Is this normal?

I've never noticed it happen in the past.



Alan a neighbour complained that his outdoor tomato plants rotted last
year, went sort of brown and patchy and so did the ones in the
greenhouse.
Some tomatoes stayed okay but not many. Also neighbour's brother 4 miles
away had same thing happen, their tomatoes were from same pack of seeds
but all that they had in common.


This year same thing has happened to me in the last month. Fruits gone
brown, blotchy but covers the entire fruit.
Do I burn, chuck or compost?
What particular disease condition is it?

Janet
We are in Amersham, Bucks if that's any help.
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On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 01:28:08 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

In article , Alan Holmes
writes

Is this normal?

I've never noticed it happen in the past.



Alan a neighbour complained that his outdoor tomato plants rotted last
year, went sort of brown and patchy and so did the ones in the
greenhouse.
Some tomatoes stayed okay but not many. Also neighbour's brother 4 miles
away had same thing happen, their tomatoes were from same pack of seeds
but all that they had in common.


This year same thing has happened to me in the last month. Fruits gone
brown, blotchy but covers the entire fruit.
Do I burn, chuck or compost?
What particular disease condition is it?

Janet
We are in Amersham, Bucks if that's any help.

Tomato Blight. Airborne fungal infection. Best to destroy the
plants.

In article , Jupiter
writes

Tomato Blight. Airborne fungal infection. Best to destroy the
plants.



But the stems don't seem to have gone and it's not like ordinary bight,
is this something different?

janet
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Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Hi Janet,

My tomato plants, or what was left of them ended up in the London Road Council Tip.

Cheers

Drew

In article , Drew
writes


Hi Janet,

My tomato plants, or what was left of them ended up in the London Road
Council Tip.

Cheers

Drew


Ah one reason why I won't buy the council compost. I am never certain
of what it might contain and what it might not have killed, including
ground elder roots and bindweed.
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"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
...
In article , Drew
writes


Hi Janet,

My tomato plants, or what was left of them ended up in the London Road
Council Tip.

Cheers

Drew


Ah one reason why I won't buy the council compost. I am never certain of
what it might contain and what it might not have killed, including ground
elder roots and bindweed.

I wouldn't have put mine in the recycling area, I'd have put them in with
the rubbish to be burried.

Alan

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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk