Comments on: Tomato Blight – How to prevent http://www.theallotmentgarden.co.uk/gardening-blog/2010/02/tomato-blight-how-to-prevent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tomato-blight-how-to-prevent The Allotment Garden - views, news and reviews Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:58:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James Middleton http://www.theallotmentgarden.co.uk/gardening-blog/2010/02/tomato-blight-how-to-prevent/#comment-5254 James Middleton Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:28:35 +0000 http://www.theallotmentgarden.co.uk/gardening-blog/?p=784#comment-5254 Sounds like your working hard to fight the blight! Yes, good ventilation is essential. Blight is airborne and will no doubt find it easier to colonise a humid environment. Having a green house with more than one window is a good way of ensuring plenty of air movement. Sounds like your working hard to fight the blight! Yes, good ventilation is essential. Blight is airborne and will no doubt find it easier to colonise a humid environment. Having a green house with more than one window is a good way of ensuring plenty of air movement.

]]> By: David http://www.theallotmentgarden.co.uk/gardening-blog/2010/02/tomato-blight-how-to-prevent/#comment-5244 David Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:42:32 +0000 http://www.theallotmentgarden.co.uk/gardening-blog/?p=784#comment-5244 I cleaned my greenhouse with Jeyes Fluid, sprayed into all the nooks and crannies with the knapsack sprayer I normally use for weed control. The glass house smelled like a well tended public toilet for a few weeks afterwards so do this very early in the season (unless you like that smell!) I still ended up with blight on my toms but have put this down to poor ventilation within the green house. The only plant unaffected was the one adjacent to the roof vent so next season I'm going over the top and putting a louvre vent at each end of the green house and I'll probably use a copper based spray Jub/July time. I'm growing in 25 litre buckets (also sterilised with Jeyes) filled with cheap growbags. I feed Wilko tomato food and Epsom salts once a week (having suffered with a Magnesiun defficiency last year. I washed everything in Jeyes including the trowel I used to plant my seedlings and the trays I grew the seedlings in. I cleaned my greenhouse with Jeyes Fluid, sprayed into all the nooks and crannies with the knapsack sprayer I normally use for weed control. The glass house smelled like a well tended public toilet for a few weeks afterwards so do this very early in the season (unless you like that smell!)

I still ended up with blight on my toms but have put this down to poor ventilation within the green house. The only plant unaffected was the one adjacent to the roof vent so next season I’m going over the top and putting a louvre vent at each end of the green house and I’ll probably use a copper based spray Jub/July time.

I’m growing in 25 litre buckets (also sterilised with Jeyes) filled with cheap growbags. I feed Wilko tomato food and Epsom salts once a week (having suffered with a Magnesiun defficiency last year. I washed everything in Jeyes including the trowel I used to plant my seedlings and the trays I grew the seedlings in.

]]> By: James Middleton http://www.theallotmentgarden.co.uk/gardening-blog/2010/02/tomato-blight-how-to-prevent/#comment-5210 James Middleton Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:31:11 +0000 http://www.theallotmentgarden.co.uk/gardening-blog/?p=784#comment-5210 Good question. I'd suggest washing them thoroughly with a detergent, Jeyes fluid or disinfectant and give them a good airing to allow them to dry out. Blight spore are airborne, so don't worry too much about this as they require living material to survive on. Good garden hygiene is always required. I'd also suggest that next year, you opt for a blight resistant variety like Ferline. Good question. I’d suggest washing them thoroughly with a detergent, Jeyes fluid or disinfectant and give them a good airing to allow them to dry out. Blight spore are airborne, so don’t worry too much about this as they require living material to survive on. Good garden hygiene is always required. I’d also suggest that next year, you opt for a blight resistant variety like Ferline.

]]> By: Vince Johnson http://www.theallotmentgarden.co.uk/gardening-blog/2010/02/tomato-blight-how-to-prevent/#comment-5209 Vince Johnson Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:55:09 +0000 http://www.theallotmentgarden.co.uk/gardening-blog/?p=784#comment-5209 Thanks for info, great stuff. What about ties and canes used for support. Should they also be burnt? Thanks for info, great stuff. What about ties and canes used for support. Should they also be burnt?

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