Early Blight is Back 2016

greenthumbomaha · July 6, 2016

This garden was started two years ago. Last year it was peppers, brandywine and san marzano tomatoes, watermelon, and glass gem corn. There was high disease pressure with a plethora of diseases on the tomato leaves in this same area last year. Everything looked good until last week when early blight started. Some plants are resisting so far. Weather is hot, humid and stormy.

Resisting early blight:

Black Cherry
Ludimella
Jet Star
Priddy F2 (not dwarf, but dwarf project)
Orange Russian
Opalka
Pink Caspian
Red Penna

Showing very mild to 1/3 plant early blight symptoms :

Coures de Taueau
Moskovich
Bedoin
Holy Land
Black Krim
Prudens Purple
Wes
Murry Smith
Magnif Pointe
KBX
Goose Creek
Indian Stripe
GGWT
Gukers Special
German Johnson
NAR
Summer Cider
Tye Dye
Rose De Berne

-Lisa

I have rated the blight on each plant and will monitor over the next few weeks. Certainly will consider changing varieties in this area if some plants resist.

July 6, 2016	#1
greenthumbomaha Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Omaha Zone 5 Posts: 2,514	Early Blight is Back 2016 This garden was started two years ago. Last year it was peppers, brandywine and san marzano tomatoes, watermelon, and glass gem corn. There was high disease pressure with a plethora of diseases on the tomato leaves in this same area last year. Everything looked good until last week when early blight started. Some plants are resisting so far. Weather is hot, humid and stormy. Resisting early blight: Black Cherry Ludimella Jet Star Priddy F2 (not dwarf, but dwarf project) Orange Russian Opalka Pink Caspian Red Penna Showing very mild to 1/3 plant early blight symptoms : Coures de Taueau Moskovich Bedoin Holy Land Black Krim Prudens Purple Wes Murry Smith Magnif Pointe KBX Goose Creek Indian Stripe GGWT Gukers Special German Johnson NAR Summer Cider Tye Dye Rose De Berne -Lisa I have rated the blight on each plant and will monitor over the next few weeks. Certainly will consider changing varieties in this area if some plants resist.