Have just spent most of the day de-leafing my tomatoes that are in pots on the patio ... in the hope that the blight that struck one of my pots will not spread to all the rest before I can get the fruit ripe !!!!!!!!!

What should I do with the soil ??? Is it useable soon ???

I think it's fine just not for tomatoes or spuds

what rotten luck Flo! I'm still only getting a couple of toms a day with the bulk of the crop huge but still green, it's just pants to blight when the fruit are so full of promise

Ade was telling me that all his tomato trusses are ripening in trays on the shed roof to avoid the blight on his plot site...might that work for you?

I got blight too but not had time to defoliate anything unfortunately. Had ONE tomato thus far but Wardy ate it

Spuds have it and a few have been stinky but not dug many of them up yet so must get it done once I get time, hopefully today at some point

Spuds have been ok so far but..... only got green toms and they started having blight Didn't even go to lotty today cos I'm fed-up So far only had 2 ripe toms, the ickle ones

Went to the plot yesterday and it's there too ... have trays of green toms everywhere now ... think I just might freeze the lot and make it all into chutney when I have enough jars

Every year I do some toms in the greenhouse and some outside, and every year I promise myself I'm not doing outside toms anymore coz they get blight, but every year I have too many plants for the greenhouse and dont' want to waste them so plant them outside.................and again I have blight Greenhouse toms have been producing red toms for a month now though

Before the blight

Redcurrant

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so bloody annoying isn't it. The plants look terrible don't they when they succumb. Looks as if we'll get more of it in the future. Never heard of it til last year. I lost most of my crop last year. Only the bog standard Tigerella and GD survived

Don't think I'll do Tigerella again, they look great but the taste is lacking this yer ... do like the redcurrant though!

A Tigerella is a good griller Flo Plus it won't split either which is a common prob with yer average tomater

got blight

didn't think it was cos the leaves are unaffected but the fruit itself has deffo got it.
bollox.
does this mean I can't save the seed from any of them now? or can I save from fruit without patches on?

that's a good question. I have no idea (that's a surprise )

Blight is airborne so I woulda thought not. What toms are they cos if we have seed then you've no worries

Speaking of grillers, I grilled one of mine this morning and it was pap in seconds. It was a sub arctic I think

Dunno either I'd say better not though

don't think the purple ukraine have succumbed yet.....god I no cos they're HUGE and only a couple of days off ripe
I was looking forward to them most of all

pink ping pong have got it.
black plum and tiggers are buggered
Ivory egg possibly.

I'll have to take the purple ukraine off and try to ripen them indoors

Just don't wash any that you want to ripen inside, or if you do, dry them immediately with paper and don't leave them in a humid area or they'll disintegrate too.

I tend to leave green ones on a newspaper-covered table and inspect them daily, removing all the ones that look like they are on the turn.

moonbells

And use a banana to excellerate the ripening process!

Have just this minute chopped up all my green toms and cooked them down a bit, will now freeze them until I want any more chutney ... kind got swamped

... must take pic of 'gooodies' cupboard!!

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If anyone's got too many green tomatoes, and not enough freezer space, I'll happily give them a good home for an appropriate donation cos this is my second year with no tomatoes and I am out of chutney!!!

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