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Author Topic: For the gardners, NJ tomato blight info  (Read 109 times)

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Re: For the gardners, NJ tomato blight info
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2009, 04:41:07 PM »
did you start your tomato plants from seed? if you did they seem to be saying you will be ok (for now)...the plants from big box stores seem to be more likely to develop/carry the blight.

i mentioned corn meal as a natural fungicide in another thread (re: hollyhocks). it really worked to prevent leaf rust.
here is a link to some info...perhaps the application of "cornmeal juice" would act as a protective measure for tomatoes?

http://gardening.about.com/od/naturalorganiccontrol/qt/Cornmeal.htm
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Re: For the gardners, NJ tomato blight info
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2009, 08:25:43 AM »
My tomatoes are from a local greenhouse, just posted as a PSA.
thanks for the cornmeal tip though!
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Re: For the gardners, NJ tomato blight info
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2009, 08:47:49 PM »
update:
right before we left for vacation i noticed some suspicious rotting spots on several tomatoes nowhere near the ground. they looked like the photos of blight, so i removed the offending tomatoes, sprinkled cornmeal liberally around the base of the plants and all over from the top, and didn't return for a week. the whole time away i figured i would come back to a gross blighted disaster, especially since the weather was wet and rainy at times.
NO BLIGHT!!! (fingers crossed)
as a preventative measure i'm going to sprinkle some more cornmeal tomorrow.[/]
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