This is the first time I've ever had to say it. Crop failure. As most of you know there is a blight epidemic this year. Looks like I am going to have to pull and burn all of my plants. I've been fighting it for a couple of weeks but it just keeps spreading. I'm so bummed I can't even write anymore about it. Guess I will just cut my losses and go see the French peeps after all. Here's a few links about it. Cornell University also has a weekly update on tracking it around the country.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/nyregion/18tomatoes.html
http://www.umassvegetable.org/LateBlightAlertforTomatoandPotato.html
http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/FactSheets/lateblight/late.htm
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/agricultural_sciences/late_blight_irish_potato_famine_fungus_attacking_135263.html
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4 comments:
OH NOOO!!!! I'm so sorry you are loosing plants to blight!! that's got to be rough. I was looking forward to reading your harvest notes, especially on the OSU blue and the Kumatoes....bummer.
This is weird....my Kumato's and the P20 don't have the blight. Ha! 90% of the plants have it but they have managed to escape it.
I am pulling all the fruit that is already on the plants to try and get some photo's of what I have before they kick it.
Sorry you had to lose so many varieties
Dave
Thanks Dave...
I will probably get 1/3 of my crop if it doesn't spread any faster. I'm trying to get pics and save seed from the ones I have left.
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