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• EARLY BLIGHT ON TOMATOES HOW TO

After the first infection, it can also find safe harbor in nearby weeds or volunteer plants which can then infect your beautiful tomatoes. It hangs out in the ground over the winter, waiting for the right weather to attack. It’s kind of cute for a tomato destroying fungus.Įarly blight is a soil-born fungus, Alternaria solani. I’m sure you’ve already guessed by its name that early blight is the first of these on the scene each year. There are three different types of blight you need to keep an eye out for.

EARLY BLIGHT ON TOMATOES HOW TO

So, we’re going to take a good hard look at them and discuss what they are, how to spot them (ha, pun intended) and most importantly, what to do if you find blight in your garden. Nothing spells the end of a tomato season faster than finding your plants infected with any of these blights. There’s nothing sadder than losing your harvest to tomato blight.

(Ha! Who am I kidding? I’ll be lucky if I have any left in November.)Īnd to help you get more of those perfect tomato years, we’re going to tackle a word that strikes fear into every tomato gardeners’ heart – blight. And pint-sized jars of ratatouille stacked two high and four deep that you tell yourself you’re going to savor and make last to February this year. Fresh, spicy salsa is ready to be enjoyed all through the winter. You end up with jars of diced tomatoes and tomato juice lining your shelves. I’m sure you can relate.īut oh, when you get that perfect year where you’ve done everything right, that year where the pests congregated in someone else’s garden and mother nature blessed you with the perfect amount of rain and sun. Life would be so much easier if I were one of those people who didn’t like tomatoes. Why are my tomatoes still green it’s nearly September?Īnd yet, I don’t think I’ve ever had a garden without tomatoes.Lettuce? With a little care, you can say goodbye to grocery store lettuce forever. Potatoes? Not nearly as hard as I thought they would be. If there is one plant in my garden that gives me problems year after year, it’s tomatoes.