Saturday 20 June 2020

The rot sets in!



I cannot tell you how frustrated I am with my Tomato crop.

This is the fourth year running that my plants have suddenly contracted some nasty disease, and will no doubt die off before they have a chance to give me a decent crop. I am really not happy. Nasty black patches are appearing all over the leaves and stems, and it doesn't bode well.

There are a few plants that I think will be OK, but my main crop (above) are all suffering from Blight (or maybe Mildew). It's a disease that is difficult to eradicate, as it can live underground for years. My only solution will be, in future, to grow all my tomato plants away from Haddock's; up at the barn perhaps.

I should say that all my other veg' plants are fine. It's just those bloody Tomatoes.

And they were beginning to look so good!!!



43 comments:

  1. and it looks as though you had a good crop.

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    1. Some might survive... only time will tell.

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  2. You sound right about the soil. Too late to put some in at your barn?

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    1. I have some in pots up at the barn, they seem OK.

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  3. From my agricultural past, I remember that tomatoes are very susceptible to all kinds of diseases.

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    1. They certainly are at Haddock's. I shall grow them elsewhere next year. I'd thought I'd beaten it this year... not so!

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  4. Mildew is easy to spot, like whitish powdery stuff on leaves, same as mildew on roses and if the roses have it now then the tomatoes will most likely have it too. However, photo does not look like mildew to me - common problem with sugar beet. Spray if they have. Rotation on Haddocks should avoid earth borne problems. Otherwise don't know.

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    1. It's a four section plot and I rotate annually. I've just come back from watering and see that it's worse this morning; all my Tom plants are now affected. It's very depressing. I have some more at the barn that are OK, but they'll hardly keep us going through summer. Out here, Tomatoes are the essential food of Summer.

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    2. I see lower down in the comments you have identified it as almost certainly mildew. It is very easy to identify. Of all the things you are saying it could be this is the "best" because it is treatable and is not in the soil. Have your roses got it? I am taking it now that the photograph you have used does not illustrate the problems you are having.

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    3. The photo is of my plants. Black areas appear on the stems, leaves, and fruits. When it spreads to the whole plant, it dies. Unfortunately all the fruits are affected too.

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    4. Well it isn't mildew then, that's for sure.

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  5. Darn. Your garden otherwise is such a great producer. Our plants have green tomatoes. Just waiting for them to ripen

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    1. I'm sure it's the same in Greece; Tomatoes are the lifeblood of Summer lunches. Not to have any at the end of the garden is a nightmare.

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  6. That's beyond annoying. I have no idea what it is - some sort of rot I'm guessing but airborne, soil or water? - no idea.
    Looks like you will be buying this year and for a gardener that's not good.

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  7. Glad I don't live next door - if that married my Mares Tail that would be the very end.

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    1. There is some Mares Tail up in the Orahard. I simply mow it when it comes onto the grass, otherwise I just think of you!

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  8. Well, disappointment comes with the job description (gardener). No wonder a lot of them are miserable. Vagaries of soil, weather, and luck.

    All I can offer by way of comfort is that you live in an area where you should be able to procure "proper" tomatoes by buying them from more successful growers so you won't miss out on your summer salads' delights.

    And whatever you do, please do not mention Nasturtiums to me. They are beauties, and before you blink, infested by the devil (blackfly). D I S G U S T I N G. There I was, with romantic notions of decorating some fancy dishes with Nasturtiums, and what do you know: That's when you need to rely on your inner Zen, taking things in your stride. Go with the flow. And forget all about it.

    U

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    1. It will pain me to have to buy Tomatoes, but it looks like that will be the case. I am so annoyed.

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  9. Your neighbour with his field of tomatoes could suffer as well. I grow all of mine in the greenhouse, in pots of our own compost. Too wet here to grow them outdoors.

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    1. I've not seen the huge fields of Tomatoes have them before, so I expect they'll be virus free. I did take one plant that hadn't been properly planted, and put it into a big pot up at the barn. It still looks very healthy.

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  10. I bet the air was blue when you spotted it !!! As I was reading I was thinking that you should maybe grow them somewhere else .... didn’t you grow some cherry tomatoes in growbags once ? XXXX

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    1. Yes, I did, but I've always found the Cherry Toms to be more resistant; not this year. A total disaster.

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  11. Hi Cro. If you take cuttings from healthy plants ,they will root quickly in water or soil. Being clones, they will believe they are the same growth stage of the original plant and produce fruit much more quickly. side shoots with flower buds are ok to root. Good luck.
    I found some types of tomato were more prone than others to this problem. Watering on the stems may cause it, can be a form pf tomato/potato blight.

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    1. I have Potatoes growing just a few feet away, and they are perfect. I think it must be Tomato Mildew, which has always been a problem in the area. Many spray their plants with Copper Sulphate until they're completely blue!

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  12. A different variety might withstand it.

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    1. My wife bought two v expensive grafted plants that were supposed to be disease resistant.... they have it too.

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  13. If you have some new growth, the bits which you normally snap off, pop them in a pot and they will grow, a quick way of getting more plants, and as you say pop them in pots not using your own soil.

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    1. I'll see if there are still some plants about. I could probably plant some more for a later crop.

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  14. There's nothing like eating a home grown tomato fresh from the garden but at least good ones are usually plentiful in the shops and markets at the time when yours would have been ready. Not that that's any real consolation I know....

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    1. The markets will always provide plenty if needed, but I'd rather have our own.

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  15. Tomato blight is windborne an look a lot like that. Warm wet weather makes them more susceptible to it as well. You used to be able to treat it with copper based fungicide but I don't think you can buy them now. You can make your own version plenty of recipes on the Internet.

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    1. Warm wet weather is exactly what we've been having ever since I planted them. We can buy Copper Sulphate powder here, but I think it may be too late.

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  16. I was going to suggest blight as well, and copper sulfate. I've had similar problems and have planted my tomatoes in a spot in my garden that hasn't had tomatoes in a few years. I hopeful, but I know how you feel. -Jenn

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    1. I shall buy some more Copper Sulphate on Monday, but I fear it's too late.

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  17. I too wondered about blight. We have to grow ours in pots in the greenhouse as it is quite cool and wet here. That seems to be successful.

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    1. The plants I have up at the barn are in pots and are doing OK. I suspect it's because they're in new soil.

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  18. Tomato blight. It's an airborne disease. Potato blight on the other hand remains in soil for ages. Different diseases. That's why your spuds are fine still. We've no idea what the answer is to tomato blight (it used to be some really ugly chemicals that are no longer available). Blight resistant varieties are being marketed - no idea how effective they are.

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    1. My wife bought two very expensive disease resistant plants; they have signs of disease as well.

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  19. Paul grows Crimson Crush, they are blight resistant. Always had good success with them.

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    1. Does he buy seeds? Maybe I'll have some sent over for 2021.

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