Topic: Potatos and blight - Infected compost

[Spanner]

I grew a bunch of tomato plants last year in half barrels inthe garden. Needless to say with the weather the tomatoes got blight and I took them out an destroyed them. The compost has just been sat in the barrels all winter. I was planning on banking up my spuds this year with the spent compost but am I likely to infect the potatoes with blight?

[Fork]

The blight will only survive in the tomatoes.It does not survive without "flesh" to feed on ...so your comost is fine.

If it worries you still,get rid or sterilise the compost

[PurpleHeather]

I have been told by several old farmers that blight is always in the soil, it needs the humid conditions to thrive.

The only thing to do is to burn infected plants as soon as they are identified as being infected.

[5rod]

I though that bright was  air-born .and with
the right condistion ie. lots of rain and high winds
 low temp thats why it travels so fast.if im wrong im sure
there lets us know.

[Robert_Brenchley]

It is airborne. It's also in the soil, in infected spuds which have come through the winter. These sprout and spread the spores to infect the new crop.

[delboy]

Doomed. we are all doomed...

[5rod]

 ;D :D ;) :) :o >:( ??? :P :'( :'(

[Robert_Brenchley]

Woe, Woe and thrice Woe!