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  • From: maroc AT islandnet.com (Maroc)
  • To: market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Early blight on tomatos
  • Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 12:42:59 +0000


Cheri Shelnutt, three years ago I had a battle with blight on tomatoes in
a greenhouse. I was advised to pull the plants and burn them. As often
happens after considering all the possibilities I decided not to follow the
advice. Instead I removed all the infected leaves, not only the leaves but
the entire branch. The plants continued to grow and produce fruit. I
watched carefully every morning and at the first sign of infection on the
leaves I'd cut off the branch. I ended up with the strange looking plants,
the first eight feet or so was just a bare stem. By the time I was ready
to pull the tomato plants and make room for the next planting I had taken
off a nearly normal crop. There has been no trouble since with either the
greenhouse tomatoes or the potatoes outside. In the greenhouse I use 4 ft
by 8 ft by 16 inch beds. and rotate the tomatoes. I've been told what I
did was not a good idea but, so far, it's worked, and I didn't lose a crop.

Don Maroc
Vancouver Island, Canada






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