tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post5771935826164280877..comments2024-03-28T09:25:14.379+00:00Comments on Veg Plotting: On Blight WatchVPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-12456002769944182322010-10-05T08:00:30.637+01:002010-10-05T08:00:30.637+01:00Thanks for your comments everyone. It looks like b...Thanks for your comments everyone. It looks like blight has come much later this year.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-56112970187601281622010-08-13T22:02:38.457+01:002010-08-13T22:02:38.457+01:00Thanks for this really useful info VP. I'm a v...Thanks for this really useful info VP. I'm a very keen potato grower, ie. this year I'm growing 17 varieties of taties! So I'm always worrying about blight - the service is a great idea - I've just signed up.<br /><br />Like everyone else, I keep hoping against experience with tomatoes. I just remember 2006, when I had so many tomatoes that I ran out of people to give them to - everyone else was having a good year too! Since then, each summer has been crap and almost no tommies or tommies destroyed by blight before they got going. This year is better though, and I am getting a few every few days. <br /><br />Blightwatch is going to be SO useful! Thanks VP.Gwenfar's Lottiehttp://gwenfarslottie.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-9707370646114625722010-08-13T21:18:52.296+01:002010-08-13T21:18:52.296+01:00Oh I hope not, I thought this was third time lucky...Oh I hope not, I thought this was third time lucky on the outdoor tomato front. Thanks for the great advice, I'll be keeping my eye on them.Damohttp://www.twochancesvegplot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-45214600687714762302010-08-13T16:49:19.126+01:002010-08-13T16:49:19.126+01:00My potatoes will be okay as they've either bee...My potatoes will be okay as they've either been lifted or the foliage has already died back on the ones still in the ground.<br />The tomatoes I'll be looking at over the weekend as I know that there was talk of blight on the site earlier in the week.<br />One way and another it can be a real problem that we could all do without but sadly seems to be getting worse! Flighty xxFlightyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18082758817547303423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-62939085607468194032010-08-13T15:56:34.777+01:002010-08-13T15:56:34.777+01:00I really enjoyed your post. Keep writing. You have...I really enjoyed your post. Keep writing. You have a real talent. Thanks for sharring it with us all. Sincerely, Mike @ www.MyCarvingTree.com ...Michael Owenhttp://www.MyCarvingTree.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-60888872691492673432010-08-13T14:22:31.218+01:002010-08-13T14:22:31.218+01:00unfortunately, my tomatoes didn't ripen enough...unfortunately, my tomatoes didn't ripen enough to get to the blight stage! being the first time i planted at this rental, i was unaware of how much calcium (lime?) was missing from the soil so my ripening ones ended up with blossome end rot. still deciding on when to amend the soil--this autumn & spring, or mainly in autumn...petoskystonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633621111274495078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-29854227268767754502010-08-13T13:17:19.993+01:002010-08-13T13:17:19.993+01:00Hi Sylvia - I wish I could be as relaxed as you! T...Hi Sylvia - I wish I could be as relaxed as you! The hot dry weather this year has helped: there's been far fewer Smith Periods, 1 day ideal conditions and near misses recorded so far compared to last year according to the Blight Watch website. That's the story for my postcode, though it's probably different elsewhere - Wales and NW England where they've had quite a bit of rain over the last few weeks.<br /><br />Good point re only growing earlies. That's my usual approach too, but I was given some maincrops to trial hence my need for blight watching up at the plot. The earliest rfecording of blight this year was at the end of June, so growing earlies might still get caught, but the risk is very much reduced.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-49279895002932563692010-08-13T10:33:35.695+01:002010-08-13T10:33:35.695+01:00VP I also try to resit growing tomatoes but... My...VP I also try to resit growing tomatoes but... My policy now is to grow from free seed, plant, water, feed, hope for the 'right' weather and dump when they get blight! I don't expect tomatoes so I am delighted this year that I am picking enough for my tea every other day. Any tomato is a bonus and I do not fuss or worry about them. I can only think that the cooler nights we have been having has kept the blight away this year - so far. I only grow early potatoes so have no problem with them. <br /><br />Thank you, this is a very useful post. Best wishes SylviaSylvia (England)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658826538568918452noreply@blogger.com