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Tomatoes and Blight

forkingearthforkingearth Posts: 2
in Problem solving
Hi all,

It's our first year with a veggie patch up in herts.  Does anyone have any advice on winning against blight as it wiped out all of our tomatoes growing outside.  The ones in the polytunnel have done really well.

Heres some photos of the tomatoes on our instagram page
https://www.instagram.com/p/CR1_qwiK_S3/

Jon

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited August 2021
    Welcome to the Forum
    It's all down to the crappy weather I'm afraid. 
    Remove and destroy asap. 
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Very common this year. Weather and general conditions. Nothing you can do except grow undercover, and you can still get it there if you have it in the garden nearby etc.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    You've just been unlucky that it's the worst year for blight in summer that I can remember.
    Usually tomatoes grow very well outside in a British summer (some northern parts excepted) and you can expect a good crop usually.
    Keep the faith and I'm sure next year will be more typical and you'll not know what to do with all your tomatoes

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    And of course worth trying some blight resistant varieties next year. I'll sure be. 
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • ColinAColinA Posts: 392
    An excellent crop in NE and no blight warnings from Blight Watch
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Will add this to the Beechgrove thread if I can find it, but they did an item on toms last night, including a new one or two which are blight resistant.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    This one from back in 2014 is supposed to be BR,  genetically modified ?  
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/plants-blogs/plants/december-2014/tomato-crimson-crush
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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