Comments on: Late Blight on the Roof, and the Small Farmer’s Plight http://civileats.com/2009/08/07/late-blight-on-the-roof/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:31:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: melissa waldron http://civileats.com/2009/08/07/late-blight-on-the-roof/comment-page-1/#comment-3858 melissa waldron Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:01:46 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=4573#comment-3858 The blight that we have here in Connecticut is a big and gray, where the leaves crumple and the stems get gooey and dark. This looks to me like regular blight. Interestingly, the tomatoes I have planted in Earthboxes so far have not gotten the blight although my neighbor two doors down all have late blight infected plants. I wonder why? The blight that we have here in Connecticut is a big and gray, where the leaves crumple and the stems get gooey and dark. This looks to me like regular blight. Interestingly, the tomatoes I have planted in Earthboxes so far have not gotten the blight although my neighbor two doors down all have late blight infected plants. I wonder why?

]]> By: Joseph Putnoki http://civileats.com/2009/08/07/late-blight-on-the-roof/comment-page-1/#comment-3850 Joseph Putnoki Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:26:54 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=4573#comment-3850 Totally agree and more: the soil must be alive with good bacteri and fertile by natural, organic means. Crop rotations practiced, adaquate protection from G.M. contamination. Be well! joseph. Totally agree and more: the soil must be alive with good bacteri and fertile by natural, organic means. Crop rotations practiced, adaquate protection from G.M. contamination.

Be well!

joseph.

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