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blight
I watched Friday's programme, showing tomato blight, and inviting further comments from viewers on blight. I had potato blight earlier in the year, and cut down all of the foliage, but some of the foliage ended up on the compost heap by mistake by damson2
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05/09/2012 09:18:58
by Italophile
growing tomatos
of other information on the site. You can put 'tomato' in the search box to find it. Concerning problems there's splitting, blight and mouldy leaves etc. etc., but I don't want to put you off! Enjoy it - the flavour of home-grown tomatoes is unsurpassed by steven davies
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11/04/2012 18:55:56
by steven davies
Tomato Problems
I've had problems with my Rosada tomato plants this year, both in the greenhouse and in a raised bed in the veg garden. It's either leaf mould or tomato blight. Anyone else had problems this year - is it because of the wet summer??? I would by petehaskell
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01/09/2012 16:01:09
by Italophile
pathetic cucumbers
i doing wrong?? i also hav brown patches coming on all tomato stems, not soggy but surely not good! whats that all about?? you guys always give me good answers, good luck this time  Jo sounds like blight to me.   There is a long discussion here by jo taylor2
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30/07/2012 13:48:16
by jo taylor2
Talkback: Prepare your greenhouse for spring
I got my first green house last year and grew tomatoes which unfortunately got blight. It was mentioned that i should have used tap water instead of rain water. Is there a possibility this disease will carry through into this year if I grow a by trigger20
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06/03/2012 19:24:45
by Lulu3
problem with toms!
Hello i have two tomato plants and both have devloped brown spots on the lower leaves which appear thinner than the green part of the leaf i have never toms before and i am wondering if i have the dreaded blight or leaf burn cheers sorry cant get by foxglove and newts
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10/06/2012 12:06:44
by Italophile
Potato blight soil
vegetables in ? Blight is an airborne disease-as you probably know it will affect tomatoes as well-but shouldn't affect you growing anything else unrelated You will obviously need to add some nutrient to the soil. Thank you very much i shall indeed be adding by Pondman
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21/07/2012 22:49:13
by Zoomer44
Toms
Can anyone suggest why my young Tomato plants have brownish spots on lower leaves? The actual plant is looking healthy enough. Many thanks  Dark spots with concentric rings can be a early sign of blight.Are the spots dark brown? Any chance of a by CLER
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22/05/2013 08:19:49
by Italophile
Can I reuse, or should I discard?
I always keep the stakes to reuse next year. But is this a good idea?  Every year my tomatoes get Blight. And what about the containers I grow the tomatoes in? I always  wash these out before storing. Thanks for advice. Maggie I believe by staffsmags
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14/10/2012 15:09:55
by Gary Hobson
last years compost
I grow potatoes and tomatoes and cucumbers in pots and grobags abd potato bags and hanging baskets every year .At the end of the season I am left with half full bags pots etc of compost which I usually put on the garden.I am struggling to find more by bartonr
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24/01/2013 16:09:49
by bartonr