| Alan, Late blight does not always strike in the northeast because, except in diseased potato tubers, it does not overwinter here. It gets here via infected plants or, when weather conditions (cool and rainy) are just right for it to hopscotch here from the south, where it does overwinter. It very well could have (and probably did) get a start here on some tomato plants at big box stores, then hopscotched around from gardens to farms, etc. Lee Reich, PhD Books by Lee Reich: A Northeast Gardener's Year The Pruning Book Weedless Gardening Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden Landscaping with Fruit On Jul 27, 2009, at 6:49 AM, Alan Haigh wrote:
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