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Blight got us
Mr. Ripley:
Hi all,
The deadly late blight visited the family garden this past week. It took a little over four days to kill every one (38) of our tomato plants that we started from tiny seeds in early March. Enough to make you sick... :no:
To add insult to injury, according to the Master Gardner at the County Extension Office, I will not be able to plant potatoes or tomato plants in the same plot next season or it is likely to kill them again next year. I am going to have to create a whole separate garden for these crops. The one this year was approx. 32'x40'.
I am thinking maybe not... :'(
Mr R
NightmarePatrol:
That sucks Mr R. So what for next year, go with something that's in and different genus or is blight resistant I suppose. Bush beans are pretty hardy and they can up or freeze great.
Still that sucks when you put so much work into something only to see it gone in 96 hours.
Mr. Ripley:
Hi NP,
The blight only effects potato and tomato plants. Everything else can go in the existing plot.
I really feel bad for Mrs. R. She fretted over those seeds endlessly and worked very, very hard to make a go of it. I'm proud of her for what she accomplished.
I was just manual labor... ;)
Mr R
NightmarePatrol:
It's an awful feeling for sure. I was always of the understanding that there were several type of blight, be they bacterial or fungal that affect different types of plants. (Maybe I'm not reading your post correct either)
I've often wondered if those upside down tomato hangers that they've been pitching on TV actually work. If they do You could have a vineyard (sort of) next year instead of a garden.
Jayhawk:
ran into similar-sounding geranium blight at a family cemetery plot last year. Stems would turn black as nutrient circulation was choked off. Once they went black, they never came back (sorry, the joke just presented itself). Even some replacement geraniums succumbed.
as best i could determine, it may have been worsened by overfertilization (i was loose with sprinkling the 5-10-5... not sure which component encouraged blight), and the only solution is to not plant or to rotate what i plant there for 2-3 yrs.
Naturally, Aunt Hilda is confused by the soybeans we planted this year.
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