Re: Crop failure in So Cal
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- Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 18:16:27 +0100
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I lost all my outdoor tomatoes in Devon, England. After much research it
turned out to be potato blight!!!
Apparently it's a feature of wet summers but can be prevented with early
spraying with Dineb or something like that. Sorry have forgotten the
treatment.
The good news is that we don't have to eat tomato chutney until next season.
Best wishes
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nan Sterman" <nsterman@mindsovermatter.com>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 6:22 AM
Subject: Crop failure in So Cal
> Well, it is finally Fall here in San Diego and though our growing
> season is 355 days (actually, it is 364, but my yard gets a bit too
> cold to grow much in those additional 9 days), I still have some time
> to be productive. Problem is, I've been tremendously un productive.
> At least, my tomatoes have. I don't have enough garden beds to
> rotate the solanums each year, so I planted a cover crop of grasses
> and legumes last fall. harvested them, and then planted my favorite
> tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. The eggplants did well, teh peppers
> did okay, but I've yet to harvest a single tomato! The plants look
> awful -- leaves shriveled and died, didn't produce. I just can't
> figure it out. If it were a solanum problem, the eggplant and
> peppers should have suffered.
>
> Any ideas?
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> Nan Sterman
> San Diego County California
> Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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