late blight in sandusky

[rxkeith]

like many others, i was very surprised to see blight show up in my garden. i figured i would be safe, first time garden in this location, surrounded by corn, wheat, and soy beans, rural area, closest garden nearly a mile away. what a nasty disease. next year, i'll be spraying regularly. we try to stay organic, but not if it means a season without tomatoes.
extremely disappointed here.



keith

[barkeater]

keith,

Did you get many tomatoes before it hit? How long did it take to kill everything off?

[rxkeith]

i've gotten a few here and there, mostly the ones that were already starting to ripen before the blight hit. there are still some cherry tomatoes out there.
about 2 weeks was all it took. we have had rainy weather which helped it along. i had never seen late blight before. i thought i would still get some tomatoes once it hit. i didn't realize that it makes the tomato just rot away. out of 24 varieties, i have been able to sample maybe 5 of them. the rest are a total loss. just a nasty, nasty disease.
at least we aren't going to starve any time soon.
things could be worse.



keith