How to Handle Tomato Blight

In its basic definition, blight is a fungal infection on plants, most notably tomato plants. Although there are many theories to what causes blight, the most popular are poor soil conditions that lack proper nutrients, or too much rain fall followed by humidity to create a breeding ground for fungus.

If not caught and dealth with early blight can literally wipe out your crops.

Here is how you can deal with blight early, and stop it in its tracks.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

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   Brown spots will appear on leaves, that will eventually turn to yellow if you let it continue. Start by removing all of the leaves where the blight exists. Don't forget to wear latex gloves and use a new pair in between removing damaged leaves as you move from plant to plant.

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   Once the leaves are removed, take a trip to your local home or garden center and purchase a fungicide that can be sprayed on your plants which targets blight specifically. If the bottle does not specifically say "blight" then you have the wrong agent.

3. Once you have followed steps one and two, make sure you check daily to nip blight before it spreads...it might be tedious, but losing your entire crop could be a nightmare.

Tips & Warnings

• Always get a pH soil test before planting each season and while the growing seasons continues so you can keep nutrients at high levels in your soil at all times.

Resources

• Home Vegetable Gardening Resource
• Vegetable Gardening Facebook Fan Page

[lynsuz12]

on 10/5/2009 5*

[mvalora]

on 8/16/2009 Thanks for the useful info.