Blight disaster/New England

[tnpeppers]

Heat, humidity and tropical downpours have finally taken their toll here in New England...on my way to losing over 100 beautiful tomato plants to...something. Blotches on the stems started at the bottom and headed upward...out onto the stems, and onto the leaves. Leaves all crunchy like the ones that fall off the trees every October...copper and bleach not effective at all. Shame of it was I was really looking forward to sampling some of the tomatoes I received in the swap with heather and 'Tormato' last year...Tarasenko 6, Dances With Smurfs, Bosque Blue Bumblebee, Helsing ★★★★★★★★ Blues, and so forth. Losing others that I had ordered; the Pink and Purple Bumblebee along with the Captain Lucky from Fred Hemple, other treats from Brad at Wild Boar, Steve at Heritage, Remy over in New York...thank G-d I have seeds left over so I can try again next year. 6 months of hard work shot to...well, you know where.

Time to relocate...after I'm done weeping, of course.
Then there will be the anger 'throw in the towel' phase that others have mentioned. On the other hand; we'll have beans, sweet potatoes, beets, corn, and carrots. Peppers seem to be okay, as well. I'm going to spend the rest of the day clipping dead branches...rant over. They were beautiful plants. Simply beautiful.