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Potato blight and tomatoes
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I planted a few sprouted supermarket spuds in a container and they appear to have blight.
If I dump the potatoes, might it stop it spreading to my supermarket tomatoes or would I be wasting my time?
I'm not too bothered about the spuds or tomatoes as it was just an experiment but I would like to keep the tomatoes, which show no sign of disease, healthy if possible.
If I dump the potatoes, might it stop it spreading to my supermarket tomatoes or would I be wasting my time?
I'm not too bothered about the spuds or tomatoes as it was just an experiment but I would like to keep the tomatoes, which show no sign of disease, healthy if possible.
In London. Keen but lazy.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
In fact, in our annual growing competition, I hold the current record of 3.79kg of potatoes grown in a 14L bucket from just one supermarket tuber.
The person who came second managed 3.63kg.
The key to preventing blight is good air flow and to avoid getting the leaves wet when watering. Wet leaves increases the humidity of the plant and so creates the right conditions for blight to manifest.