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Early signs of blight, what do I do?

post #1 of 5
8/31/09 at 4:16am
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Our tomato plants are showing early signs of blight. Do I pick the green tomatoes now, or wait until it gets bad? There are only a few yellowing leaves, mostly toward the bottom. I have been pulling off the icky leaves. Is there anything else I can/should do?
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post #2 of 5
8/31/09 at 4:37am
BBC has a good page on your options:

http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to...tomato-blight/
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post #3 of 5
8/31/09 at 3:58pm
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So thats all I can do? It is weird becasue it seems like mt cucumber plants are getting it, and my pumpkins. Is that possible? Am I going to loose everything?
Maybe I should post some pics?
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post #4 of 5
8/31/09 at 11:14pm
Your pumpkins and cucumbers (and lilacs and any other squash you might have) have powdery mildew. For us, once the tomatoes got blight, that was it. The fruit rotted no matter what.
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post #5 of 5
9/1/09 at 9:33pm
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Yeah we talked to our neighbor and she told us what the mildew stuff was and said it was ok and just to trim off the bad leaves. Now i am not totally sure the tomatoes even have blight. they are not looking any worse at all. Is it usually quick to set in or can it take a long time?
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