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 withtomato blight?
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 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?
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 withtomato blight?
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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Snag
what varieties have you tried to grow?
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?
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