Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong with potatoes grown in bags... every year they start well, lovely stalks & leaves but then they seem to be struck with something. The leaves and stalks go brown and shrivle. Slugs & snails also seems to have a ball in the bags. I keep them well watered and generally look after them and this year tried Charlotte, Sharpes Express and Vivaldi but all suffered the same fate. I do get potatoes but not enought to make it worth while so what is the problem
I haven't got blight yet, but for the first time ever have an infestation of tomato moth caterpillars eating their way through my greenhouse toms. Have other people been affected this year?
This was my first attempt ato growing tomatoes this year, grew them from seed and was so proud as they were beautiful, lots of fruit and they were just beginning to ripen, then overnight they all died. I am devastated. Being a novice I had no idea what to look for, but I think next year I'll stick to buying my tomatoes from the supermarket, I can't face going thru all that again!
Hi Pippa, I have had some blight on the leaves of the tomato plants. I took off these leaves and the remaining ones seem ok at the moment. Is it safe to eat the Tomatoes if the leaves have been infected with blight. I have grown the plants organically and have not used sprays.
Tried my hand growing toms this year for the first time. Two hanging baskets and three pots in a grow bag. Both the hanging baskets where doing really well until last few days, now have been hit with the blight. I notice traces of blight now spread to some of the plants in the grow bags. How do I stop this spreading?
I have grown tomatoes outside for years and have never had any trouble with blight. This year I have tomatoes both inside and outside and all the outside plants have been decimated by tomato blight this year, apart from Tumbling Toms in a basket on the wall. Both these and the tomatoes in the greenhouse are still free of the disease at the moment, so I am hoping they will stay that way. What a waste! Is there anything I can do next year to stop this happening again?
I too have been hit by what I think is blight in the greenhouse, too windy here for outside growing I tried this last yr, i had 9 plants in greenhouse only 2 seem okish, 1 beefsteak with about 10 green large toms and one plum tomato plant with just 2. Feel ive done so much work too. Only good thigs have been spring onions, salads, peas, potatoes and beetroot...red onions are large but i dont know how to harvest and sweetcorn growing well
After reviewing Blight for what it is and how it works, I have come to the conclusion that it was sprayed from air planes. It could not have spread though my whole State as fast as it has without help. The blight was in the rain along with other chemicals that the Government spray’s from planes. Why, I’m not so sure other than they are all crooks and sick individuals! When you research cloud seeding with the understanding that population reduction is under way, the picture is very clear! It is going to be the most interesting decade in a long long time! Good luck all and better luck with your gardens next year ( in a green house)?
This has got to have been my worse year ever for my Toms. I've grown 4 Moneymaker and 4 Sweet Millions and have so far yielded a whopping seven toms of the Sweet Millions and none off the Moneymaker.
I've had problems with grey mould more than blight. The only time I suffered with blight was with last years potatoes.
I've got about another 50 toms on that haven't ripened but it's been a bit depressing to be honest.
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I keep them well watered and generally look after them and this year tried Charlotte, Sharpes Express and Vivaldi but all suffered the same fate. I do get potatoes but not enought to make it worth while so what is the problem
Feel ive done so much work too.
Only good thigs have been spring onions, salads, peas, potatoes and beetroot...red onions are large but i dont know how to harvest and sweetcorn growing well
I've had problems with grey mould more than blight. The only time I suffered with blight was with last years potatoes.
I've got about another 50 toms on that haven't ripened but it's been a bit depressing to be honest.
Oh well, there's always next year!