London (change)
Today 11°C / 6°C
Tomorrow 10°C / 6°C
Keywords Sort by


pathetic cucumbers

On 30/07/2012 in forum

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


Tomato - cold weather damage

On 19/11/2011 in Problems: Fruit & nuts

splittingTomato blight


problem with toms!

On 10/06/2012 in forum

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


Potato blight soil

On 21/07/2012 in forum

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


Can I reuse, or should I discard?

On 14/10/2012 in forum

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


Tomato leaf mould

On 19/10/2011 in Problems: Veg & herbs

and choose resistant varieties such as 'Dombello' and 'Shirley'.tomatoesmid-spring to autumnCommon problems affecting tomatoesTomato blightTomato splittingTomato frost damageBlossom end rot


last years compost

On 24/01/2013 in forum

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


Is it blight

On 29/06/2012 in forum

like tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, squashes and melons if they are nearby.  Having an Irish family I know all about the blight but, if my ancestors had left their spuds in the ground to mature instead of digging them all up and throwing them away, a


Blossom end rot

On 10/10/2011 in Problems: Fruit & nuts

, auberginessummer to autumnCommon fruit and veg problemsTomato blightTomato leaf mouldTomato splittingFrost damage on tomatoesLeatherjackets - brassicas and strawberriesSooty mould - peppers and greenhouse plants


Talkback: More mischief

On 28/11/2011 in forum

to be arrested but have recovered and now I am harvesting some lovely sound fruit which are delicious. Although there was a lot of blight on the tomatoes at our allotment, by picking off the blackened stems, I still got a good supply. The plants in my greenhouse


21 to 30 of 139 results

Search time: 0.011 secs