Save the tomatoes
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A highly contagious and destructive fungal disease that attacks tomato and potato plants, and was responsible for the potato blight in Ireland in the 1840s, has appeared in the Lower Hudson Valley and has home gardeners warily examining their plants for signs of infection. (Read the story)
One reader posted:
Keeping my fingers crossed here. Will also keep an eye out around the neighborhood, but I would really hate to tell one of my neighbors that their garden is infected.
One reader suspects the disease has already hit close to home:
I bought one plant and I noticed the leaves were yellow recently. I just thought it was from too much rain, now looking at the picture, I think my plant has this. I was looking forward to growing my own. I guess it’s a goner.
One home gardener shared that while there is no sign of the disease, the recent hail storm caused some damage:
I planted the largest garden I have ever attempted to maintain this year, a 30×30 lot. I have been lucky thus far this year. All of my plants were raised from seed started indoors and have been growing well. The hail storm did some damage to a few of my tomato plants … but for the most part, all looks well for now.
And, finally, a reader wondered if there is any way to avoid contagion:
This report gives me a heads up on what to look out for. But I do have one question, is there a way to prevent this fungus from getting into your gardens?
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on Friday, July 10th, 2009 at 11:06 am by Tracey Princiotta.
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