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What to plant in bed which held blighted tomatoes?

SerenissimaSerenissima Posts: 13
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Hello, the Alicante tomatoes I planted last year did well till September when they got some type of blight.

I understand I shouldn't plant tomatoes in that bed again this year and am wondering what would be OK there.   It's a narrow bed with a trellis, faces south-east and is fairly sheltered.   I'd like to plant something which would go up the trellis without being too vigorous.   Many thanks for any suggestions.

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  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    The blight will only affect relatives of tomatoes like potatoes so you could perhaps plant annual climbers like sweet peas or Thunbergia.  Both grow quickly but are not invasive and are easily removed at the end of the growing season.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I depends when your tomatoes got blight.
    If it was toward the end of the season (late summer/autumn) then they had late blight which is airborne and cannot survive in the soil.
    If that's the case then you can grow tomatoes in the same ground.

    If your tomatoes got blight in early to mid-summer then that's early blight and can remain in the soil.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • SerenissimaSerenissima Posts: 13
    Thank you both very much, Plantminded and Pete, for your helpful advice.

    I think the blight started in September so assume it was late blight.   I didn't realise that it didn't stay in the soil, that's so interesting.

    I didn't have much luck with sweet peas in the past, but am interested in the idea of Thunbergia, they look lovely. :)
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Thunbergia is really easy, several colours, I grew this one last year @Serenissima:




    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • SerenissimaSerenissima Posts: 13
    That's beautiful, I will give it a go!   Thank you!
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    Climbing beans and runner beans if you want an edible crop with attractive flowers.  There are runner beans with white, apricot, or red flowers, also climbing beans can have dark purple flowers with purple pods which go green when cooked. Even a mix of the two. 
  • SerenissimaSerenissima Posts: 13
    Thank you very much for the suggestions, Joyce.   I didn't realise climbing beans came in so many colours, and I will try some in my garden. :)
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