Tomatoes grown outside tend to be susceptible to blight. When the weather conditions are right (often a bit later in the season) blight often gets a hold on outdoor tomatoes. Blight likes damp/humid conditions - often after a big temperature swing. Tomatoes have a lot of leaves which prevents a lot of the breeze blowing through them, so close to the stem even on a breezy day the conditions may be just right for blight to get hold. Remove some leaves, there's more air circulation, maybe the blight wont get a hold. I think that's the theory behind it. Blight rarely affects g/house toms due to warmer temps. The leaves are the lungs of plants and provide the carbohydrates that the plant needs to convert into sugars and provide energy for growth and fruit production. Only leaves perform this function. Once your plant is covered in fully swelled toms, green or red, then the leaves are no longer needed.
Last edited: 13 July 2017 15:51:44
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Thanks for the explanation, Pete...I was going to leave the toms outside, but now I'm thinking about trying to move them into the greenhouse, maybe they'll do better inside.
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Tomatoes grown outside tend to be susceptible to blight. When the weather conditions are right (often a bit later in the season) blight often gets a hold on outdoor tomatoes.
Blight likes damp/humid conditions - often after a big temperature swing. Tomatoes have a lot of leaves which prevents a lot of the breeze blowing through them, so close to the stem even on a breezy day the conditions may be just right for blight to get hold.
Remove some leaves, there's more air circulation, maybe the blight wont get a hold.
I think that's the theory behind it.
Blight rarely affects g/house toms due to warmer temps.
The leaves are the lungs of plants and provide the carbohydrates that the plant needs to convert into sugars and provide energy for growth and fruit production. Only leaves perform this function.
Once your plant is covered in fully swelled toms, green or red, then the leaves are no longer needed.
Last edited: 13 July 2017 15:51:44
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Thanks for the explanation, Pete...I was going to leave the toms outside, but now I'm thinking about trying to move them into the greenhouse, maybe they'll do better inside.
Last edited: 13 July 2017 16:16:43