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Drew wrote:[color=blue][i]
Alan Holmes Wrote: "Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... 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. |
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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. -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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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. |
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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 -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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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. -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message news 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 -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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