Bah

[mrph]

...this week I will be learning more than I ever wanted to know about Tomato Blight and how to salvage something once it sinks its nasty little fungal wotsits into your crop...

I suspect it's a combination of the wet summer and the relocation due to building work that's caused it. And it looks like all but one of my plants has some degree of infection. Bleah.

Phase I (as recommended by various books) - severe pruning and safe disposal of the affected bits (i.e. do not compost)

Phase II is to get something to spray 'em with to slow any remaining infection and increase the chances of getting a few intact tomatoes...

Comments

[ladybirdintheuk.livejournal.com]

You can rescue gtill green fruit on the bits you are cutting off - it might ripen on the windowsill, or you can make it into chutney (or cook them still green!)

[dakiara.livejournal.com]

Growfruitandveg.co.uk has some good advice on it, sorry to hear it got you. :O(

Not got blight (yet) thank goodness, though I suspect that my tatties may get it as I am growing Xmas ones. Lost 18 tomato plants to grey mould though last year, so I can appreciate how you feel. Green tomatoes have tonnes of recipes though, and many will ripen on a windowsill.

[mimmimmim.livejournal.com]

Wet will definitely bring it about.

If you're in a particularly damp area, keeping the plants apart so air can circulate better can help.