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    From Wanderer@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 2 10:49:52 2024
    I didn't plant tomatos this year, because last year tomato blight killed off the plants. I used to get decent crops but over the last few years the blight has gotten worse and worse until last year was a total disaster. Any advice on how to deal with
    tomato blight?

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  • From Wilson@21:1/5 to Wanderer on Sun Jun 2 10:55:19 2024
    On 6/2/2024 10:49 AM, Wanderer wrote:
    I didn't plant tomatos this year, because last year tomato blight killed off the plants. I used to get decent crops but over the last few years the blight has gotten worse and worse until last year was a total disaster. Any advice on how to deal with
    tomato blight?
    We try to use a different plot, but read a bit that some calcium, maybe egg shells, put in the transplant hole will help with Blossom Rot.

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  • From Snag@21:1/5 to Wilson on Sun Jun 2 11:24:09 2024
    On 6/2/2024 9:55 AM, Wilson wrote:
    On 6/2/2024 10:49 AM, Wanderer wrote:
    I didn't plant tomatos this year, because last year tomato blight
    killed off the plants. I used to get decent crops but over the last
    few years the blight has gotten worse and worse until last year was a
    total disaster. Any advice on how to deal with tomato blight?

    We try to use a different plot, but read a bit that some calcium, maybe
    egg shells, put in the transplant hole will help with Blossom Rot.

    I think he was talking about a fungal blight - I use Dipel
    anti-fungal and keep water from splashing up onto the plant . The fungus
    comes from the soil so if you keep splashing down it helps a lot. You're
    right about the eggshells and moving the location every year . When I
    plant my tomatoes I put 2 tbsp of a mixture of equal parts Epsom salts , 13-13-13 fertilizer and crushed eggshells mixed with some dirt in the
    bottom of the hole .
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  • From Ian@21:1/5 to Wanderer on Sun Jun 2 09:25:37 2024
    Wanderer wrote:

    I didn't plant tomatos this year, because last year tomato blight
    killed off the plants. I used to get decent crops but over the last
    few years the blight has gotten worse and worse until last year was a
    total disaster. Any advice on how to deal with tomato blight?

    Plant blight-resistant varieties. e.g. mountain-magic etc, or plum
    regal. Expensive seed, but at least you gat tomatoes.

    With standard varieties it's better if you can plant in a sheltered
    location where the foliage does not get wet. And obviously you never
    put a diseased plant in your compost heap.
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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to Wanderer on Sun Jun 2 13:35:59 2024
    Wanderer wrote:

    I didn't plant tomatos this year, because last year tomato blight killed off the plants. I used to get decent crops but over the last few years the blight has gotten worse and worse until last year was a total disaster. Any advice on how to deal with
    tomato blight?

    we have some kind of disease that gets the tomatoes
    each year, but normally i can get a decent crop anyways
    (20 - 40lbs per plant and sometimes even more a two
    years ago i got 60+ lbs per plant).

    what varieties have you tried to grow?

    the past handfull of years we've mainly grown Big
    Beef and they are firm, good tasting beefsteaks which
    are what we like for canning.


    songbird

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  • From Wanderer@21:1/5 to Snag on Sun Jun 2 04:11:45 2024
    Snag wrote:

    On 6/2/2024 9:55 AM, Wilson wrote:

    We try to use a different plot, but read a bit that some calcium, maybe
    egg shells, put in the transplant hole will help with Blossom Rot.

    I think he was talking about a fungal blight - I use Dipel
    anti-fungal and keep water from splashing up onto the plant . The fungus >comes from the soil so if you keep splashing down it helps a lot. You're >right about the eggshells and moving the location every year . When I
    plant my tomatoes I put 2 tbsp of a mixture of equal parts Epsom salts , >13-13-13 fertilizer and crushed eggshells mixed with some dirt in the
    bottom of the hole .
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    The first year, I think it was early blight. It effected the tomato at the
    stem and made the tomato fall off before turning red. Last year it attacked
    the leaves. They would turn brown and I tried cutting them off to save the plant but the plants died before giving me tomatos.

    I do put eggshells in the compost. Epsom salts? I'll have to get some and experiment.

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  • From Wanderer@21:1/5 to songbird on Sun Jun 2 04:10:45 2024
    songbird wrote:

    what varieties have you tried to grow?

    About 8 years ago I bought a bunch of Ukrainian heirloom tomatos.

    Malinoviy Dzin
    Amurskiy Tigr
    Sibirskiy Malakhit
    Balkonnoye Chudo
    Damskiy Ugodnik
    Sibirskiy Kozyr
    Graffiti Krasnyy
    Kolumbiya

    Initially I had a lot of success. I threw rotten tomatos in the
    compost and tomatos grew like weeds and I save the seeds. I grow
    what I call 'overwinter tomatos'. I plant tomatos in pots in August
    and leave them on the window sill all winter. It's too cold in my
    house to grow seedlings in the spring. The plants don't really grow in the winter but they survive. Until the blight hit, I had tomatos.

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  • From Snag@21:1/5 to Bob F on Sun Jun 2 19:21:32 2024
    On 6/2/2024 4:50 PM, Bob F wrote:
    On 6/2/2024 9:24 AM, Snag wrote:
    On 6/2/2024 9:55 AM, Wilson wrote:
    On 6/2/2024 10:49 AM, Wanderer wrote:
    I didn't plant tomatos this year, because last year tomato blight
    killed off the plants. I used to get decent crops but over the last
    few years the blight has gotten worse and worse until last year was
    a total disaster. Any advice on how to deal with tomato blight?

    We try to use a different plot, but read a bit that some calcium,
    maybe egg shells, put in the transplant hole will help with Blossom Rot.

       I think he was talking about a fungal blight - I use Dipel
    anti-fungal and keep water from splashing up onto the plant . The
    fungus comes from the soil so if you keep splashing down it helps a
    lot. You're right about the eggshells and moving the location every
    year . When I plant my tomatoes I put 2 tbsp of a mixture of equal
    parts Epsom salts , 13-13-13 fertilizer and crushed eggshells mixed
    with some dirt in the bottom of the hole .

    Would a ground cover cloth- like the sheets people lay down to stop
    weeds, reduce the splashing spread of fungus?


    It will help , but needs to fit fairly closely around the stem to work
    really well . I cut a pie tin sized hole in the weed barrier to plant ,
    then use pieces of light cardboard to cover most of the dirt once the
    plants are well established .
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    The time has come to spit on our hands
    hoist the black flag
    and start cutting throats.

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