Blight

Ok well after thinking id made it out of the woods, ive got major signs of blight. From what im reading there are alot of reports that Home Depot/ Walmart/ Lowes are involved. I got mine at HD but theyve been doing great and thier really huge! This last week i noticed a few bad leaves on the inside (got kinda cluster fucked in there when i wrapped them up to stabalize them). But now only a few days later its spread.

i ripped off a good full size rake full and pulled about 4 tomatoes. I went out and got some copper soap and ripped out alot of my plants guts so it gets more airflow, but is there anything else i can do? Really hurt if i lose this whole crop, tho i know the farmers without insurance are taking the major hit. Ill get some pics up tomm of some darkening stems im noticing, looks like internodes of like a pepper plant. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!

Well from what im reading there is no cure for late blight. But if i treat the plant and it continues to grow new growth is there a chance for it? These are hydro tomatos so thier pretty cracked out and double the size on any plants ive seen around here. But at the same time ive heard it can travel for miles, i dont want to be greedy and infect others plants. Is it true that it attacks squash and peppers aswell? I thought it was only potatoes and tomatoes. Any experienced info would be greatly appreciated, ive read all i can on it id rather hear from someone whos overcome it or has personel insight. Thanks in advance =)

http://www.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID=217

link above is too the english royal horticulture site with good advice on both potato and tomato blight

i have never come across it and fingers cross hope i never do. i realy feel for you and hope something can be salvaged.

Thanks, so far i havent really lost much but a few small tomatos (which i just cut off the fungus and fried green tomatoed it all up) and a lot of leaves that needed to come off anyway so there was airflow. Ima spray them again in like 4 days, but i think its breached the stem telling me its all gonna be over soon lol. Live and learn i guess, next year ima germ my own and spray them as they get older, i just wanted to go as organic as i could but i did let them get alittle too bushy inside. My only issue is that this was suppose to repay back the 300 thats gone into it so i could do microgreens this winter, looks like i wont be affording the growroom this year, maybe ill just try and build my own. I cant really complain cause alot of people have lost thier entire crop to this fungus costing them thousands, but i do suggest if you like tomato products to go out and grab up all the sauce/paste/peeled tomatos you can afford for this year, cause thier gonna triple in price.

i do realy feel for you chalkie

have you looked into some of the blight restistant strains of tom's. there has been word that a few strains show some resistance too blight and maybe could be the way too go for you.

Ferline
(from Thompson & Morgan) In recent trials Ferline has shown
impressive blight tolerance in a garden situation. Also resistant to
fusarium and verticillium wilt.

Legend
(from Thompson & Morgan) In recent trials showing impressive blight
tolerance in a garden situation. Legend was bred in the USA by Dr. Jim
Baggett at Oregon State University. Both Thompson & Morgan and Dr Baggett
believe Legend could be the answer to many gardeners' prayers to help
overcome this most destructive disease.

Fantasio F1 (From Suttons Seeds) Good Blight tolerance helps ensure that the
leaves stay green and healthy. Shows resistance to Tobacco Mosaic Virus,
Verticilium and Fusarium Wilts, and Nematodes too.

Found the info on these three metioned in a uk site as resistanced too a few problems for us gardeners.

Late blight as i recall comes from your soil, its a fungus in the soil that when there is a lot of rain/wetness it bounces the spores from the soil to the tomato foliage and then spreads from there. The copper spray seems to be the only defense if used early on, after that there is no cure unfortunately. Even worse late blight stays in the soil for 3-4 years so you can't plant tomatoes or potatoes during those years in those gardens. However all other vegetables are unaffected by late blight and CAN be planted in the infected gardens

everyone is losing their entire crops here it's pretty bad, good luck

Thank you Tamzi i really appreciate it, ill have to do some research on those strains as anything altered isnt organic. But i mean maybe you just cant sell them as organic but there really isnt much of a difference, ill do some askin around. communistcannabis ya thats what i heard and considering these things dont touch the ground i thought id be ok, but then SLAM off to the races this fungus went. Goes airborn for miles from what i heard. Maybe ill try for a grant next year for a decent size greenhouse so i wouldnt have to worry as much, your right that copper stuff is only a preventative.

What really gets me hot is these fuckers at home depot and lowes etc, these basterds sell me messed up plants and then take no responsibility for loses. Ontop of that i go there looking for answers and they tell me that copper spray will kill it. How is it these clowns are selling me out twice and still have a smile on thier faces

UPDATE: i got ahold of some commercial funguside....*snicker*......and some oxytetracycline. So i picked off all the tomatos (sold 25LBS from the three plants just to this lady that makes relish, what luck eh?) and sprayed these buggers down, today i injected the antibiotic into the stems and we shall see. I dont plan on really eattting any after this, tho i might the damn things sweat 7 gallons a day lol, but at this point its me against the fungus. And if it does cure it ill make sure to spread the word that such and such can cure it. If it doesnt ill be walking into home depot with three 6' tomato plants and a receipt lol

great news you had found a buyer for some of your fruit and maybe a cure for your blight hit tom plants.

i think you could find those strains i mentioned are just cross hybrids or tomato's with some sort of resistance too blight.

Greenhouse : hehe i done just that, purchased a realy cheap plastic greenhouse. you can see my budget GH garden in " The gro-bag monthly " topic

The cure is out there. My plants have dropped everything that had fungus on it. Some of the larger stems coming off of the main branches had it and just dryed up and broke off. But all the new growth is booming, and new flowers are already popping out. Ill have to find out what i sprayed them with so others can look into it, im not the best at judging fungusides. But from what my botanist buddy is telling me is they should be fine for anyone to eat after. Im not sure what did it if it was the funguside the antibiotic or the combo. But in the future im going to
A- keep foliage more spread out and not allow any packed plantlife
B- spray them with copper powder maybe bi weekly or at the first allarm that weather conditions will premote blight
C- look into strains that arent too genetically altered but enough to have a resistance to this fungus

But i would like to find an article or something on feeding hydro plants thru the rootzone, maybe the plant changing the antibiotics build will make it safer to eat the flowers and kill off the fungus at the same time. I know there are feeds like this but not specific to blight or fungus

But anyways ive decided to strike back at my profit loss and plant another 50 broccoli for the fall. Should have some mini-greens growing indoors just after =)

good too see you bouncing back and not letting one thing get in they way.

hopefuly that ol blight wont be around for next year

Tamzi said:

good too see you bouncing back and not letting one thing get in they way.

hopefuly that ol blight wont be around for next year

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I hear u can bake the soil to get rid of most fungi and bacteria, its called "solarizing soil".

I got a type of blight indoors on my bud crop back in august I harvested those with no yield reduction on stronger plants, but weaker plants suffered severely. Anyways, I disinfected everything, I mean everything, and it still came back on my present attempt. Im looking into fogging fermeldahyde after this harvest. Im trying to start a perpetual harvest so this is really fucking up my plans.
Just wondering if u have had any problems indoors or if the shit stayed outside?

Try using Serenade Garden and Disease Control to kill off the blight.. Having a similar problem and ordered some of this stuff.. Looks to be just what the Dr. ordered and its 100% Organic and safe.. The copper and calcium mix known as a Bordeaux Mixture works but its only good at the first signs. Please let me know if ya find out any other info... The way I see it its always good to know before hand what to do..