Saturday, July 11, 2009

TOMATO LATE BLIGHT

it became clear today that my tomatoes have late blight, which has been plaguing the ne of the united states this year. so, i removed the most diseased plants, making space around the remaining plants, in the hope that i might produce at least one tomato. if the rain keeps up, it's unlikely i'll have any. here is the potager before my savage attack on the diseased tomatoes...
and after... the damage is much more apparent from ground level, but it was too sad (sniff) to photograph...
thank goodness there are real farmers out there...

2 comments:

Yolanda Elizabet Heuzen said...

Oh dear, I'm very sorry to hear that. Unfortunately blight does strike from time to time. My toms had it last year but strangely enough the Purple Cherokee toms were not affected at all.

em said...

ye, thanks, i think i have two tomato plants that seem resistant, and if that continues to be the case, i'll post about it.