These were my Sungolds a few weeks ago, lush with green foliage, vibrant with ripe, sweet fruit. I picked these tomatoes right after I took this photo (sungolds are orange tomatoes, so these were ripe), and they were so, so delicious.
This is the same plant today. We've been having a cooler, more moist May and June than usual, causing many plants around town to suffer from early blight. My local garden shop was even out of treatment supplies in stock. My plants are about 90% affected, and I've nearly stripped the foliage bare. I think I'm going to have to ditch them and start over.
Ah well. I can't say I'm disappointed. It's always exciting to learn something new even from failure, and I'm eager to try again. So if any of you have had experience with early blight and found a good solution....I'd love to hear about it!
This is the same plant today. We've been having a cooler, more moist May and June than usual, causing many plants around town to suffer from early blight. My local garden shop was even out of treatment supplies in stock. My plants are about 90% affected, and I've nearly stripped the foliage bare. I think I'm going to have to ditch them and start over.
Ah well. I can't say I'm disappointed. It's always exciting to learn something new even from failure, and I'm eager to try again. So if any of you have had experience with early blight and found a good solution....I'd love to hear about it!
3 comments:
I think I'm watching blight start to get mine too..and it's my first 'real' garden!!! But oh, the rains just keep coming...so, I'm fighting it but this is all new for me. So, I'm hoping for many more hot sunny days and soon! Good luck! I love your blog. M
I just read in another blog to try spraying mouthwash (if it has the ingredient Triclosan) on plants stuggling with fungus or blight. I have no idea if that will work, but I don't suppose it could hurt!
A late comment, but our tomatoes have done the best when they are well-staked in rows that get full morning sun and plenty of air circulation.
I like the idea of planting vegetables among the flowers in a garden, but they just don't do as well. I've noticed that in the early spring, mulch causes problems, so I do a LOT of hand-weeding and wait to put down mulch until later in the summer, when I want it to keep the plants moist!
I hope your second planting is doing better - good thing you have a long growing season!
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