Late Blight Alert for the Greater Northeast States

amideutch · June 30, 2009

Came across this on another thread. Also includes some excellent pictures of Late Blight infected plants. Here's the Link. Ami

http://www.njfarmfresh.rutgers.edu/d...rgardeners.pdf

bcday · June 30, 2009

Thanks for posting this, Ami. I wasn't aware of the alert and it's certainly something I need to know about.

tomf · June 30, 2009

I was just coming here to post about this after reading a story in the Plattsburgh Press-Republican, available here:

http://www.pressrepublican.com/homep...180230421.html

It's bad enough that this was transported throughout the northeast in big box stores, but I think it is even worse that they are not saying which stores carried the diseased plants and which producer /supplier shipped them out. I think we deserve to know that information.

bcday · June 30, 2009

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Originally Posted by tomf

...I think it is even worse that they are not saying which stores carried the diseased plants and which producer /supplier shipped them out. I think we deserve to know that information.

We probably do deserve to know, but I think for this particular event, it probably also doesn't matter any more. People often buy plants from a store that is a drive of an hour or more from their home, and then the spores from the infected plants can spread from their home garden for miles in whatever direction the wind is blowing. So even if the plants were purchased in Plattsburgh, they could be growing and spreading disease spores three counties away from there by now. The areas near the stores involved aren't the only ones affected any more. I think a general alert rather than naming specific stores is really the best way to go at this point, just so no one gets a false sense of security if their garden isn't in one of those locations.

jerseyjohn61 · July 1, 2009

Also:

http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?=10616475

Plattsburg, NY

JJ61

**carolyn137** · July 1, 2009

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?..._ID:1010,78140

Look at the second section down.

It looks like it could have Bonnie Plants and it says they've pulled and destroyed them. Bonnie is based in Alabama.

ContainerTed · July 1, 2009

Bonnie has at least 38 centers all over the US. Not every center has every plant that shows up at the big box stores. Multiple centers are used to supply their full line of plants to each of their customers. This is at least the second disease alert against Bonnie this year. I found Bacterial Spec coming off their trucks here in North Georgia. This company needs to clean up their act or get out of the business. Right now, one could argue that they are helping Monsanto's mission.

JMHO

Ted

dew · July 3, 2009

It made Yahoo News today, so I think the word will really get out now.

stormymater · July 4, 2009

thought of you when I read this on Yahoo today Ted. I agree totally with you.

tomf · July 12, 2009

For those still following this story, NPR had a piece on it this week and a representative from Bonnie's suggested that they are not to blame.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=106457956

June 30, 2009	#1
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Late Blight Alert for the Greater Northeast States Came across this on another thread. Also includes some excellent pictures of Late Blight infected plants. Here's the Link. Ami http://www.njfarmfresh.rutgers.edu/d...rgardeners.pdf __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

July 1, 2009	#6
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?..._ID:1010,78140 Look at the second section down. It looks like it could have Bonnie Plants and it says they've pulled and destroyed them. Bonnie is based in Alabama. __________________ Carolyn

July 1, 2009	#7
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	Bonnie has at least 38 centers all over the US. Not every center has every plant that shows up at the big box stores. Multiple centers are used to supply their full line of plants to each of their customers. This is at least the second disease alert against Bonnie this year. I found Bacterial Spec coming off their trucks here in North Georgia. This company needs to clean up their act or get out of the business. Right now, one could argue that they are helping Monsanto's mission. JMHO Ted __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

June 30, 2009	#2
bcday Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY z5 Posts: 1,205	Thanks for posting this, Ami. I wasn't aware of the alert and it's certainly something I need to know about.

June 30, 2009	#3
tomf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central NY (5+) Posts: 8	I was just coming here to post about this after reading a story in the Plattsburgh Press-Republican, available here: http://www.pressrepublican.com/homep...180230421.html It's bad enough that this was transported throughout the northeast in big box stores, but I think it is even worse that they are not saying which stores carried the diseased plants and which producer /supplier shipped them out. I think we deserve to know that information.

July 1, 2009	#5
jerseyjohn61 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central New Jersey Z/6 Posts: 554	Also: http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?=10616475 Plattsburg, NY JJ61

July 3, 2009	#8
dew Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 27	It made Yahoo News today, so I think the word will really get out now.

July 4, 2009	#9
stormymater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleasure Island, NC 8a Posts: 1,162	thought of you when I read this on Yahoo today Ted. I agree totally with you.

July 12, 2009	#10
tomf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central NY (5+) Posts: 8	For those still following this story, NPR had a piece on it this week and a representative from Bonnie's suggested that they are not to blame. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=106457956