Author Topic: Where did blight hit?? (Read 11522 times)

lavenderlux · « **Reply #20 on:** September 05, 2008, 17:10:55 »

Ipswich, Suffolk

Blight on outdoor tomatoes last week of August (picked unripe ones and these are now in greenhouse ripening - a few since noticed to have blight so have discarded these)

We've had blight warnings for our area this week but my potatoes (earlies, put in as a 'second sowing' at the end of June) appear to be ok.

thifasmom · « **Reply #21 on:** September 05, 2008, 17:14:05 »

thanks everyone so far the chart i am doing is coming along beautifully. keep the data coming :)

essexsue · « **Reply #22 on:** September 05, 2008, 17:25:59 »

Pots fine

had blight on the allotment toms (Southminster- nr Chelmsford Essex) but toms fine in the garden
Sue

thifasmom · « **Reply #23 on:** September 05, 2008, 17:30:46 »

Quote from: essexsue on September 05, 2008, 17:25:59

Pots fine

had blight on the allotment toms (Southminster- nr Chelmsford Essex) but toms fine in the garden
Sue

may i ask, when did it strike, please

Petera · « **Reply #24 on:** September 05, 2008, 17:36:27 »

We have blight here on the allotment, but not at home in back garden.

essexsue · « **Reply #25 on:** September 05, 2008, 17:36:39 »

HI
I would say about a month ago-unfortunately I hadnt realised what it was until I saw a picture on one of the threads here asking others what was wrong with their toms.. so only destroyed plant last week.

tim · « **Reply #26 on:** September 05, 2008, 17:41:43 »

Our Potatoes went last week.

******!!

Gail-M · « **Reply #27 on:** September 05, 2008, 17:46:48 »

Hi,

my potatos got blight on leaves a few weeks ago - leaves cut off pots seem ok so far.

outdoor tomatoes got blight on leaves last week

I'm in Fife, Scotland

regards Gail

redimp · « **Reply #28 on:** September 05, 2008, 17:49:31 »

Lincoln - outdoor toms and potatoes - beginning to middle of August. Potato yield not significantly affected, toms a right off and were heavily laden with green fruit - have ripened some off the plant but they are insipid and tasteless!

thifasmom · « **Reply #29 on:** September 05, 2008, 17:53:18 »

Quote from: Petera on September 05, 2008, 17:36:27

We have blight here on the allotment, but not at home in back garden.

what has it affected?

meg_gordon · « **Reply #30 on:** September 05, 2008, 20:09:07 »

Hi

I am in Ayrshire and main crop potatoes just got hit. Toms in greenhouse are fine but not ripening very fast :(.

Meg

jennym · « **Reply #31 on:** September 05, 2008, 20:11:02 »

So far, so good, it's the first time in 9 years that I haven't had blight. Now I've said it it'll come! ;D All my toms are grown outdoors, but this year have tried a dozen or so plants under a debris netting tunnel too to see if it made a difference.
Normally blight comes here third week in August regular as clockwork, last year it hit us badly in July.
Had a fair few tomatoes reddening, but am now taking them in green (as long as they're big and shiny) cos I can't stand the thought of losing the crop this year. They seem to be ripening up well indoors and I haven't noticed a serious deterioration in taste.

STEVEB · « **Reply #32 on:** September 05, 2008, 20:12:32 »

oxfordshire 2nd week in august,gack garden toms fine

Dadnlad · « **Reply #33 on:** September 05, 2008, 20:55:10 »

Baldock, Hertfordshire
Outdoor toms got hit early/middle August :'(
Spuds other side of path still growing fine ??? ;D
Greenhouse toms still fine (touch wood)

thifasmom · « **Reply #34 on:** September 06, 2008, 08:04:53 »

hi everyone the map is coming along beautifully and would love more markers, so please keep the info rolling in thanks again for posting.

caroline7758 · « **Reply #35 on:** September 06, 2008, 10:52:03 »

Tadcaster, North Yorkshire- outdoor toms ruined mid August, spuds not affected.

isbister · « **Reply #36 on:** September 06, 2008, 14:59:31 »

Middx Nr Heathrow
Pots ok, stored weeks ago
All toms except Ferline blighted mid August

KittyKatt · « **Reply #37 on:** September 06, 2008, 16:28:23 »

Exeter, Devon
Early blight on potato leaves end of June. Sprayed with bordeaux (and toms as precaution) Potatoes harvested early, (maincrop end of July) . A good sized crop, which appears to be ok and storing well so far. Blight started in earnest in July on the whole of the allotment site on potatoes and spreading to outdoor tomatoes. I have been spraying my tomatoes regularly with Dithane from about the middle of July and they are more or less ok, with just the odd leaf showing signs of blight, which has been picked off and binned. Lots of green tomatoes but very slow to ripen, even though they are supposed to be early (Red Alert and SubArctic plenty!) Anyone on the site who hasn't sprayed lost more or less all their tomatoes by August! The same thing happened this year, so I was determined to get some crop this year, even if it meant chemical warfare! I am also growing Fantasio, but haven't noticed much difference in resistance. I have picked lots of green tomatoes for chutney and stir fries, and some are ripening on the windowsill. Only a couple have turned brown so far. I have found the taste of those that have ripened rather disappointing this year so far, and a bit "woolly" in texture, but at least I have something!
KK

flossy · « **Reply #38 on:** September 06, 2008, 17:42:32 »

Hatfield, Herts
Blighted toms,
Home
Toms only, Pots on plot fine
Mid August
Outside

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cleo · « **Reply #39 on:** September 06, 2008, 18:01:30 »

For the first time in over 30 years I sprayed mine with a copper based fungicide-no sign at all (Lincs)

If Inever appear again you will know that was not wise ;)

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Author Topic: Where did blight hit?? (Read 11522 times)