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onewish1
Denville, NJ (Zone 6b)
September 3, 2009 9:49 AM Post #7020153
| thank you for the info... and nice photos |
critterologist
Frederick, MD (Zone 6b)
September 3, 2009 2:34 PM Post #7020744
| TC, thanks for a great article! Your descriptions and photos should be tremendously helpful to anybody surveying their garden and wondering if they need to pull out all their tomato plants.
Here, I've been lucky this year, hardly even a touch of early blight so far, and no late blight out there. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
September 3, 2009 2:46 PM Post #7020788
| Very informative! I don't suppose we can hold the big growers too accountable--after all it sounds like it could 'explode' in the two or more days in must take to get those little plants from nursery through store and to the home. Maybe a good case for starting our own or using smaller local nurseries though. |
Early_Bloomer
Springboro, PA (Zone 5a)
September 3, 2009 5:43 PM Post #7021485
| TC...thanks for the excellent and informative article. My patch of heirloom tomatoes is badly infected and I'll be pulling them in the next few days.
early_bloomer |
oriole
Mifflintown, PA (Zone 6a)
September 3, 2009 7:01 PM Post #7021829
| Thanks! Great article. I need to pull all my tomatoes. |
wonderearth
Santa Cruz, CA (Zone 9b)
September 4, 2009 12:28 AM Post #7022998
| Me too but I have a question. Can it infect other types of plants? |
onewish1
Denville, NJ (Zone 6b)
September 4, 2009 2:42 AM Post #7023624
| I think my potatoes have it as well |
wonderearth
Santa Cruz, CA (Zone 9b)
September 4, 2009 3:06 AM Post #7023714
| I read potatoes can get it but what about other things? |
tcfromky
Mercer, PA (Zone 5a)
September 4, 2009 1:13 PM Post #7024710
| Thanks for the comments folks.
My research indicated that, yes, late blight can infect other crops. I came across information that said late blight can also infect cucurbits. I have pumpkins and gourds close to my blight-infected tomatoes, so far they appear to be fine. My potatoes didn't fare as well and became infected with late blight also. However, conflicting reports say late blight is specific only to tomatoes and potatoes. We know there are no guarantees.
The best advice I can offer about late blight infecting other crops, is to tell you to keep a close eye on all remaining crops you have in the garden.
TC |
Petalpants
Corpus Christi, TX (Zone 9a)
September 5, 2009 3:50 PM Post #7028490
| TC, thanks for the informative article and good photos you shared! =) |
tcfromky
Mercer, PA (Zone 5a)
September 6, 2009 2:11 AM Post #7030593
| You're most welcome Petalpants. I hope you found my article helpful, and I hope you didn't have to use it to identify late blight in your garden. ;~)
TC |
Petalpants
Corpus Christi, TX (Zone 9a)
September 7, 2009 2:13 PM Post #7035679
| TC: I didn't have Late Blight in my garden, as I didn't plant tomatoes or potatoes! =) |
onewish1
Denville, NJ (Zone 6b)
September 7, 2009 3:59 PM Post #7036202
| oops - posted this in the wrong place... sorry
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