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Is this blight?

BrixtonGardenerBrixtonGardener Posts: 73
in Fruit & veg
Returned from work today to find most of our tomatoes looking like this.. 



A bit of searching seems to point towards blight, but hoping somebody here will convince me otherwise. 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Sorry … I think you’re right. That’s blight 😢 

    if there are any toms anywhere near ripening I would pick them and ripen them indoors. If the green ones are firm they can be used for chutney. All is not lost … quite. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    What a shame @BrixtonGardener.
    It's not much consolation, but lots of people have been in the same boat. 
    Hopefully, you can salvage some as @Dovefromabove describes. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BrixtonGardenerBrixtonGardener Posts: 73
    Thanks @Fairygirl and @Dovefromabove

    Yeah, real shame, but suppose to be expected with the damp weather we’ve had. Time to do a bit of cutting and bagging. 
  • SkylarksSkylarks Posts: 379
    You could try using an aspirin spray on any tomato plants that haven’t been affected yet. James Wong recommends this as a preventative measure against blight. I can’t remember the actual details without looking it up. 
  • BrixtonGardenerBrixtonGardener Posts: 73
    edited August 2021
    Thanks @Skylarks. There's one in a planter that we're holding out hope for, it's not so badly affected. Will try the aspirin spray trick, although I'm always a bit sceptical when the only online reference is from the Daily Mail.
  • SkylarksSkylarks Posts: 379
    edited August 2021
    I have his Grow for Flavour book and it says dissolve 1/4 to 1/2 of a 300g tablet of soluble aspirin in 1l of water. A single application is supposed to work as long as the plant is sprayed before it’s been affected. He does go on to say he sprays once a month. 

    With aspirin being so cheap, it’s worth a go. I’ve sprayed mine once and keep meaning to do it again. The leaves on my tomato plants are looking very tatty, so far, no black bits on the stems 🤞
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