Is that blight?

Ed

"Ed" ex@directory wrote in message
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Is that blight?

Ed


It could be. It could also be Blossom End Rot. Can you give more
information, or a picture?

Spider

On 18 Aug, 11:15, Ed ex@directory wrote:
Is that blight?

Ed

If the leaves and stems look almost dead or dying, then it is more
likely to be blight especially considering the weather we have had in
the last 6 weeks.

"Ed" wrote...
Is that blight?

If you mean the plants going black and rotting then yes, it's most likely
the cause. Some of the fruit may look ok but it will probably have blight
also and rot as it ripens.
Dig up and burn it all or dump it, do not leave anything behind.

I've sprayed ours with Bordeaux Mixture to ward off the blight but then we
also have only grown blight resistant varieties this year because I'm sick
of wasting all that effort.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

On 18 Aug, 18:35, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Ed" *wrote...
Is that blight?

If you mean the plants going black and rotting then yes, it's most likely
the cause. Some of the fruit may look ok but it will probably have blight
also and rot as it ripens.
Dig up and burn it all or dump it, do not leave anything behind.

I've sprayed ours with Bordeaux Mixture to ward off the blight but then we
also have only grown blight resistant varieties this year because I'm sick
of wasting all that effort.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

We grew about 12 different outdoor varieties this year, clearly
labelled so that when it came to eating the fruits we would know which
variety they were. A few have blight but they are mainly the 'cherry'
varieties. I'm not sure why that is, unless the plants were just
weaker in the first place.

SWMBO and myself have tasted them all, and we have decided on Olirose
as the tastiest, with Harbinger second and Moneymaker third. Harbinger
had the strongest plants by far.

"sutartsorric" wrote ...
"Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Ed" wrote...
Is that blight?

If you mean the plants going black and rotting then yes, it's most likely
the cause. Some of the fruit may look ok but it will probably have blight
also and rot as it ripens.
Dig up and burn it all or dump it, do not leave anything behind.

I've sprayed ours with Bordeaux Mixture to ward off the blight but then we
also have only grown blight resistant varieties this year because I'm sick
of wasting all that effort.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

We grew about 12 different outdoor varieties this year, clearly
labelled so that when it came to eating the fruits we would know which
variety they were. A few have blight but they are mainly the 'cherry'
varieties. I'm not sure why that is, unless the plants were just
weaker in the first place.

SWMBO and myself have tasted them all, and we have decided on Olirose
as the tastiest, with Harbinger second and Moneymaker third. Harbinger
had the strongest plants by far.

Don't grow cherry type Toms as we wouldn't use them, neither of us would
dream of eating a Tom like a grape, yuk, we eat them cut up in salads and
cooked mainly. All the little ones I have tasted have just been sweet, with
little other flavour.
Our favourite Tom was Brigade but T & M stopped selling it in the UK, it was
deep blood red inside and solid, with little water, wonderful for sauces and
soups.
Now this year we have stuck to Ferline, Fantasio, and Legend (beefsteak) all
of which are blight resistant, which is more important that any other
consideration at the moment.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:59:30 +0100, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

snip
Now this year we have stuck to Ferline, Fantasio, and Legend (beefsteak) all
of which are blight resistant, which is more important that any other
consideration at the moment.

Bob, have these really avoided blight?
How do you rate them for taste?

Pam in Bristol

On Aug 18, 9:59*pm, "Bob Hobden" wrote:


Don't grow cherry type Toms as we wouldn't use them, neither of us would
dream of eating a Tom like a grape, yuk, we eat them cut up in salads and
cooked mainly. All the little ones I have tasted have just been sweet, with
little other flavour.

The problem is my wife loves cherry tomatoes, so there is no choice in
the matter. She has grown some yellow pear shaped variety, and they
have not succombed to blight but I have not tasted them so far. I like
my tomatoes to be red and the last time I grew the beefsteak variety,
I had terrible trouble trying to stake them. The plants become so
heavy.

"Pam Moore" wrote ..
"Bob Hobden" wrote:

snip
Now this year we have stuck to Ferline, Fantasio, and Legend (beefsteak)
all
of which are blight resistant, which is more important that any other
consideration at the moment.

Bob, have these really avoided blight?
How do you rate them for taste?

No sign of it yet but I have also recently sprayed them with Bordeaux
Mixture to make sure. A few years ago we grew Ferline amongst a row of
various other Tom varieties and whilst all around them the plants died of
blight the Ferline stayed healthy and cropped. I deliberately left the other
plants to die beside the Ferline ones just to test, eventually some of the
leaf tips showed signs of blight but it didn't spread throughout the plants.
Taste wise they are OK. Better than shop bought Toms and a lot better than
nothing.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

"sutartsorric" wrote
"Bob Hobden" wrote:
Don't grow cherry type Toms as we wouldn't use them, neither of us would
dream of eating a Tom like a grape, yuk, we eat them cut up in salads and
cooked mainly. All the little ones I have tasted have just been sweet,
with
little other flavour.

The problem is my wife loves cherry tomatoes, so there is no choice in
the matter. She has grown some yellow pear shaped variety, and they
have not succombed to blight but I have not tasted them so far. I like
my tomatoes to be red and the last time I grew the beefsteak variety,
I had terrible trouble trying to stake them. The plants become so
heavy.

Yes, two branches have split off our Legend variety because the Toms are so
heavy. Mind you our neighbour reckons we must be supplying Sainsbury's with
the number of plants we have this year. :-)

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

Very good descriptions and pictures of diseases he

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Pub...ons/PM1266.pdf