Tomato blight is a catch-all term for a group of serious fungal infections that affect the production and quality of fruit. The fungi attack tomatoes in different ways at different times, with ...
Close-up photo of tomatoes on the vine with mold and tomato blight - Irina Starikova1811/Shutterstock If you've started to notice dark spots, brown leaves, or yellow ...
The first answer is to make sure you are rotating where you grow crops by using a three-year cycle. For Mary, she just doesn’t have the space for this so we move on to other options. Perhaps the most ...
Tomatoes are generally easy to cultivate and require minimal maintenance, but gardeners must pay close attention to their leaves. April's warm yet damp weather creates ideal conditions for a highly ...
There is something wonderful about fresh, homegrown tomatoes. They always taste so much better than those bought at the store, and they have this delicious smell to them. So, it is always hard to see ...
Some of my tomatoes have blight. What can I do? Without actually seeing your plants, it is difficult to diagnose the exact type of blight your tomatoes have. This time of year, late blight would be ...
Tomatoes are a prized crop that's relatively easy to grow. However, even though some varieties boast more resistance to diseases, blight can still be a major problem. Blight is a fungal disease that ...
The start of the autumn garden season begins as nights grow cooler, and days become shorter and this is also when late summer and fall garden problems start to sprout. From late blights on tomatoes to ...
In an ordinary season, John Holbrook would have all his tomato plants in the ground at Holbrook Farm in Bethel. This year, he started moving them out in mid-June. It was too cold and rainy to expose ...
With our recent rainy weather and storms, I am not surprised that we diagnosed late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in the University of Vermont Plant Diagnostic Clinic in late August. So far, it has ...