Re: Late Blight Outbreak

**K* M* <k*@iol.ie>**

Doug, I'd take issue with you on whether Bordeaux only slows down the  
blight - in my experience it stops it dead in its tracks so long as  
you spray new growth after a Smith period - i.e. if the adverse  
conditions continue. In even the worst Irish summer I've never had to  
spray more than three times

kathryn

On 7 Jul 2009, at 13:10, Doug Green wrote:

> I just blogged about the blights with basic cultural care stuff - if  
> you
> want to add all your comments and suggestions to that post, feel free.
> http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/tomato-blight/
>
> The upside (for those have a blog) is that I'm going to refer my  
> readership
> base to that article this week and your comments may pick you up some
> traffic. I'd expect 5K people  to read that article  - given the  
> news on
> this problem.  (starting on Thursday for about 48-72 hours and then  
> steady
> afterwards given some Google exposure)
>
> At the very least, we'll have a ton of info for folks to find.
>
>
> Doug
>
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Miranda Smith <mirandaconstance@gmail.com 
> >wrote:
>
>> I hadn't heard of milk--does it matter what sort and do you wash it  
>> off
>> after you spray with it? It seems as if it would clog stomates  
>> badly if you
>> left it there. I've used kelp and equistetum with good results. And  
>> I agree
>> about the copper--once you have it, there's no choice but to use a  
>> copper
>> if
>> you want to keep the plants.
>>
>> Doug Green
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