![]() If infected tubers freeze and die over winter., the disease cycle is broken, and very often the disease does not appear even when the weather conditions are favorable. If your winter weather includes freezing, that may destroy the spores! I posted this link and information on the Tomato forum since so many people in the northeast are reporting Late Blight there, but it might be helpful here, too. This site is focused (only) on Late Blight in potatoes, but it's the same Late Blight disease that infects tomatoes. Since making the post above, I found some very interesting information about Late Blight. Then new mulch that's clean next spring.Īny other suggestions for accomplishing this feat? I have only a few ideas, maybe put the (I'm sure) spore-ridden mulch in a very hot compost pile or compost it separately for a couple of years, application of corn meal to the soil, work in lots of compost, and/or solarization of the beds. After I've removed all the tomato plants, debris, and mulch, I want to do some serious organic treatment of the soil to rid it of as many of the spores and bacterial infections as possible, and then pray that the weather rights itself next spring and the diseases don't show up again.Īs I said, I'm worried about the soil. Therefore, I'm worried about the garden soil for next year. Fortunately, my bell pepper plants are incredibly green, lush, and are producing enormous numbers of fruit. I didn't ID the anthracnose until it was too late. They're browning and dying as they usually do in late August/early September, despite my spraying with antifungals for the EB. My tomato plants are all on their last leg, not from late blight (which hasn't moved South yet en masse) but from septoria/anthracnose and early blight, I'm sure triggered by the strange strange weather we've had. Early blight of tomatoes, a pretty common problem anyway and not as lethal to plants, has also become rampant, as have other plant or leaf diseases. Late blight spreads rapidly with wind and wind-blown rain action. Since there is a plague of late blight for tomatoes and potatoes rumored to have been triggered by infected plants sold by big box stores in the northeast and exacerbated by the weather, many are having to destroy their plants in midseason this year. ![]() The weather has really screwed up gardening for many this year where it was unseasonably cold and rainy. ![]()
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