As if the rain wasn't enough.....Tomato famine?

[froggie71]

Now our tomatoes are no good.....

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-science/20090703/US.Farm.Scene.Late.Blight/

 

[mamagardener]

You already have tomatoes, so far I only have tiny little green things because of all the rain. What is the matter with your tomatoes, did they rot?

 

[froggie71]

No, We never got a chance to plant any this year. Read the link.

 

[mamagardener]

Sorry did not notice the link before. I haven't even heard about this and I live in MA. So far my tomatoes look fine. I will have to save my seeds this year in case it affects next years plants.

 

[ODS-n-ENS FARM]

This makes me grateful that I am able to get my plants locally (my dad owns greenhouses and starts plants from seeds).
I am able to avoid the big box stores and growers.
My understanding is you can spray a fungicide before your plants show signs of blight.

 

[keesmom]

Fungicide did nothing to stop this blight. I used Serenade.

I started all my tomato plants by seed. Twenty heirloom varieties, 60 plants total, that all now need to be pulled out and burned. No one nearby bought plants at the box stores but the fungus found us anyway.

They were fine until the rain stopped and it got warm. Then they went downhill in just a day or 2.

Good thing I didn't plant potatoes this year. What a rotten growing season.

-Cindy in MA

 

[Bridget399]

The "Blight" killed almost all the tomatoes in my garden. And my tomato plants were almost 5 feet tall and doing wonderful before this took effect!

 

[fhdogs]

My tomatoes (and most of my garden) got washed away this year because of all the rain.

Blight has been affecting almost everyone around here that managed to get any growth out of their tomatoes. It's been a pretty nasty year all around in S. VT for gardeners and farmers.

 

[Ol'FashionHen]

Yep my tomatoes were a bust this year, and yep it was a fungus from all the rain. Once they got big enough, if they did not ripen before they were big enough. I am pulling them off the vine and setting them in a window to ripen.

 

[AhBee01]

The link doesn't work!