Any late blight treatment-prevention sprays????

RomanX · December 24, 2015

My county is a hotspot for late blight. Here, it's not IF your plants get LB -it's WHEN. Last year's season (my first) ended in September because of LB (it was agonizing to watch my green tomatoes get diseased and become inedible.)

So, for NEXT year (2016), I am growing mostly LB-resistant hybrid tomatoes.

But I'm smart enough to realize that "resistance" doesn't mean my plants won't get it! A preventative treatment is necessary - but ignorant as to what is effective! Your'alls advice is needed!

Totally Tomatoes has one: Serenade Garden Disease Control. It claims that since it's organic, it can be safely used up to and including the day of harvest (????). It seems that the word "safe" - repeatedly stated - is enough. But as a wily consumer, I'd be more impressed with the word "effective".

Is there any EFFECTIVE preventative sprays for LB?? (Whether or not the product is organic is not important: EFFECTIVE is!!)

December 24, 2015	#1
RomanX Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: North Carolina Posts: 119	Any late blight treatment-prevention sprays???? My county is a hotspot for late blight. Here, it's not IF your plants get LB -it's WHEN. Last year's season (my first) ended in September because of LB (it was agonizing to watch my green tomatoes get diseased and become inedible.) So, for NEXT year (2016), I am growing mostly LB-resistant hybrid tomatoes. But I'm smart enough to realize that "resistance" doesn't mean my plants won't get it! A preventative treatment is necessary - but ignorant as to what is effective! Your'alls advice is needed! Totally Tomatoes has one: Serenade Garden Disease Control. It claims that since it's organic, it can be safely used up to and including the day of harvest (????). It seems that the word "safe" - repeatedly stated - is enough. But as a wily consumer, I'd be more impressed with the word "effective". Is there any EFFECTIVE preventative sprays for LB?? (Whether or not the product is organic is not important: EFFECTIVE is!!)