Fungus could put tomatoes at risk in Ohio
Home gardeners are being asked to check their tomato plants for a disease that not only could destroy their gardens but spread to commercial tomato crops and cause widespread financial losses.
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I have two infected plants purchased from the Grove City Home Depot
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Good information, but it would be so much better if you told people what to do if they find it on their plants.
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Debbie, look here:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_ne... Treatment tips are on the right of the article. Good luck! |
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where can i take my leaves of tomato plants to have them checked for blight?
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Cheryl you have a great source of information right in front of you - the Internet.
Google "Late Blight" and look for pictures of leaves and fruit affected by it and read further information. |
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what should home gardners do if they find their tomato plant afflicted? is there a treatment?
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Heidi, same link as for Debbie: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_ne... |
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But what are we supposed to do about the fungus if we find it?
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Carol, treat it, don't treat it, destroy the plant, don't destroy the plant. Whatever you want to do.
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Judged: 
1 Would have been nice to know exactly where in Ohio the cases were found in order to have a better idea of how wide spread it is. So, why decline to give this information concerning this magnitude of a potential problem? This information could be very valuable to back yard gardeners in helping prevent this blight from being spread! They ask us to help but decline to provide valuable information on it. |
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Ok, so how do you treat this blight if your tomato plants get it?
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Here's what you do:
If late blight is found in your garden, destroy infected plants. Pull out the entire plant, place it in a plastic bag, and throw the closed bag in the garbage. Healthy-looking plants should be protected with a fungicide. Conventional gardeners can use fungicides containing chlorothalanil or copper. Several brands are available in garden centers and other retail outlets. Organic gardeners can use copper-based fungicides. |
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In the Southeast, we have a similar fungus called TSWV (tomato spotted wilt virus). To rid tomato diseases,farms and home gardners can use a new product. The product is a live microbiology innoculant. When used as a foilar spray, the microbiology grows an invisible film of beneficial bacteria on the leaves and stems creating a protective barrier. If TSWV or any other fungus attack the plant, the beneficial bacteria and their oxidative enyzmes kill the fungus. Check out www.biochemsolutions.net
The price per gallon is inexpensive. |
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This fungus was likely brought here by illegal immigrants!
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Interesting article. Wouldn't it have helped if you'd given a verbal description and some advise on WHAT TO DO!
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Tomato plants srarted out fine then developed small white nodules that spread around the main stalk. Turned hard and brown and the tops of the plants begin to shrivel, Sprayed with a mixture of water and antiseptic mouthwash and although not gone it appears to have saved 32 out of 36 plants, I wonder if this is the same problem spoken of in the article. I am 30 miles south of Cleveland.
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