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Tomato blight!

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Ellianne Thu 03-Sept-20 19:48:47

Can you use the soil from the pots in the garden or is that infected too?

I've just read you can Illte, but not anywhere near potato plants because they are cousins.

Illte Thu 03-Sept-20 19:46:11

And I stood on my courgette and broke it! ?

Callistemon Thu 03-Sept-20 18:41:52

I wouldn't use the soil either, Illte.

How annoying after all that work.

Illte Thu 03-Sept-20 17:53:53

Yes that's just like mine Ellianne.

Ive been out and picked all the ones that still look edible. I can't have bonfires where I am to get rid of the plants.

Can you use the soil from the pots in the garden or is that infected too?

MrsEggy Thu 03-Sept-20 17:36:14

If you grow your tomatoes from seed, try a blight resistant variety. I've grown Ferline (Large beefy tomatoes) and San Antonio, small plum tomatoes, and they're ok so far. Seeds are expensive though. They do well outdoors in a sunny spot.

Ellianne Thu 03-Sept-20 17:34:56

Thanks Trisha57.

Trisha57 Thu 03-Sept-20 17:26:05

Sorry, meant to type Ellianne.

Trisha57 Thu 03-Sept-20 17:25:37

*Ellianne", it looks like blight. Do the leaves have sunken brown and black patches on them? Blight is the bane of my life. This year, I sterilised all my pots with Jeyes Fluid, Washed the inside and floor of the greenhouse with it and hung a net curtain across the door to keep out airborne spores. And STILL the dreaded blight struck! Luckily I had already harvested a lot of tomatoes (I sow them in January and bring them on indoors) so I only had a few losses.

Ellianne Thu 03-Sept-20 17:18:55

Like this ...

Ellianne Thu 03-Sept-20 17:15:47

Is this when they go black?
I am also a novice and thought I was doing so well with my abundant plant. Now tge tomatoes are turning shiny and black.

Fennel Thu 03-Sept-20 16:19:34

Illte
"Can I put them in the garden bin or will that contaminate."
I would burn them . It's caused by a fungus and the spores can spread if you put them in your compost bin.
We had the disease on tomatoes and potatoes a few times when we had a veg. garden in France. Brought on by a period of warm damp weather.

Calendargirl Thu 03-Sept-20 12:34:04

I bring my green tomatoes in and lay them out on trays in the conservatory. They seem to ripen up ok, and I made lots of pasta sauce with them last year. Don’t feel you have to do everything with green ones, they will ripen up hopefully.

Witzend Thu 03-Sept-20 12:21:58

I’m sure Mr Google will find some recipes for you, @Illte.
I think I saw some while looking for the chutney one.

Illte Thu 03-Sept-20 12:06:55

That's what it is! I'm a novice gardener and thought it was maybe just too much rain. They're outdoors.

Can I put them in the garden bin or will that contaminate.
Anybody got any other green tomato recipes. We're not chutney fans.

Witzend Thu 03-Sept-20 11:55:26

Not on mine, thank goodness ?, but on dd and SiL’s - pretty rampant already after they’d been away for a few days. I did try to tell them before about cramming the plants in with loads of other stuff, but...

Still, I managed to save nearly a kilo of the ones it hadn’t yet reached, so I now have a massive pan of green tomato chutney simmering on the hob. ?