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Re: Blight prevention...?

> Hi guys - my first post to disyere list; please be gentle... :)
> 
> Is there any way to prevent blight?  The notion of losing all my
Yes according to territorial seeds you need to build a plastic shelter for them and cover them when
it rains. This is for late blight which is the potato famine beasty. Territorial seeds
had a display at a garden show in Vancouver a few years ago showing the structure
they suggest which consisted of polythen tubing arched over the plants with
plastic held on by c shaped clips. They sell all this stuff of course. The idea is that,
when it rains the blight spores are thrown up onto the tomato and I guess the moisture
animates them and bingo!
When I gardened in Vancouver I got a reasonable crop by planting the very
earliest tomatoes in the territorial catalogue.  It really is a disgusting disease.

Samantha

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