What the heck? Late blight?! Please help

Stepheninky · July 9, 2011

Not sure where I saw it posted maybe here at Tville but read somewhere that a Russian practice is to insert a copper wire 18 gauge into the stem of tomatoes. It is supposed to as the copper reacts to the acid in the tomato plant, the tomato uptakes the copper helping to act as a fungicide. This is done when the plants are in the seedling stage as a preventative.

Have not yet tried this myself (knock on wood have not had to) but thought I would throw it out there as an ideal

Here is one study
http://www.ag.iastate.edu/farms/2000...tionGarden.pdf

July 9, 2011	#28
Stepheninky Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 682	Not sure where I saw it posted maybe here at Tville but read somewhere that a Russian practice is to insert a copper wire 18 gauge into the stem of tomatoes. It is supposed to as the copper reacts to the acid in the tomato plant, the tomato uptakes the copper helping to act as a fungicide. This is done when the plants are in the seedling stage as a preventative. Have not yet tried this myself (knock on wood have not had to) but thought I would throw it out there as an ideal Here is one study http://www.ag.iastate.edu/farms/2000...tionGarden.pdf __________________ tomatoprojects.blogspot.com Last edited by Stepheninky; July 9, 2011 at 10:28 AM. Reason: add link