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  • From: Etienne Goyer <etienne.goyer AT outlands.ca>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Fwd: tomato late blight detected in our area
  • Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:19:35 -0400

courtney mcleod wrote:
> I have it here bad in Northeast Ohio, so what do I do for next year?
> Won’t the soil be screwed now to replant in next season? I have a small
> garden, only 1/4 of an acre….rotation is really hard to do since I grow
> peppers and potatoes along with 400 tomatoes, plus other veggies.

Unless I am mistaken, late blight is winter-killed. Which is why it is
"late"; it has to migrate north from the south, where it can overwinter.

At least, that is how I understand it. Corrections welcome.





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