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Blight?
Kombo
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Having moved to a new house, I finally got round to setting up my veg patch but have struggled for the past 2 years. I've had a patch at my old house with no issues but this one just seems to be trouble.
2 years ago it was fine, until july - August when my tomatoes got blight.
Last year I rotated my crop and where the tomatoes ghad been it appeared to have also infected my potatoes And some runner beans
This is year I decided not to do potatoes or tomatoes. There have been a few stragglers coming up which I'm removing. However the blight now appears to be affecting pea, courgettes and pumpkins.
im not really sure what's happening or whether it's some type of lack of nutrients or some other disease?
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Afraid it's far too early for courgettes and pumpkins etc to be out in the garden ... they need overnight temperatures to be consistently at a minimum of 14C .
Mine are still on the dining room windowsill.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks
That could be it, they do get covered up at night. Ive generally put them out this time of year and it's been okay.
Would that have a similar affect. But that wouldn't explain why the peas and runners are affected? Or would it?
runners are very frost tender, but peas should be ok outside now if they were sown there or have been hardened off.
Covering up at night wouldn't keep them warm enough ... we've had some low temperatures and hard frosts in the past ten days or so.
I've not even sown my runner beans yet - I'll probably do it later this week and plant them out in June. They're tender and as I've said, we've had some hard frosts.
As for the peas, it depends whether they'd been hardened off.
tomato/potato blight will only affect members of the solanum family e.g. potatoes, tomatoes, aubergines etc.
Last edited: 01 May 2017 16:35:18
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Looks more like frost damage to me. Blight typically occurs in warm, damp conditions, not when it's cool and dry.
Far too early, I've only just sown my runner beans indoors. That's just cold damage, the temperature may be ok in the air but the soil's cold.