tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378553207346665393.post7568397741501930045..comments2023-10-20T03:55:16.027-05:00Comments on HAD THE RADISH: blueberries and blightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378553207346665393.post-3012754136896450012009-08-18T22:57:07.122-05:002009-08-18T22:57:07.122-05:00Those are some nice blueberries, ours never do wel...Those are some nice blueberries, ours never do well...I'm not sure why our soil is very acidic...hmm. I had know idea that bluberries could live that long...wow<br /><br />Next year will be better for you ...right. It just has to be.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378553207346665393.post-56367533157513640612009-08-18T18:31:15.469-05:002009-08-18T18:31:15.469-05:00HI F&BF!
Actually all my tomato plants were st...HI F&BF!<br />Actually all my tomato plants were staked, tied and mulched with hay mulch and I do think the mulch may have saved the potatoes early on. However I have been reading about how best to make sure it does not linger in the soil so I'll be leaving the contaminated areas free of any protection this winter to hopefully kill off the offending spores. Gotta admit this has really gotten to me. I find myself thinking, "What next?"randihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03437879726079466007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378553207346665393.post-8093189090958599632009-08-18T18:22:48.534-05:002009-08-18T18:22:48.534-05:00Anna! I am so sorry about your potatoes. The few...Anna! I am so sorry about your potatoes. The few <br />I grew this year seem,so far, to have made it unscathed though I've not dug any for a couple weeks. I will pick the remaining tomatoes over the next few days but now that we FINALLY HAVE HAD 3 OR 4 days of hot weather to do some ripening it's so hard to not give them a day or two more of sunshine. I really hope we have a great year next year, we deserve it but truly, how many battles on how many fronts do we have to wage? sheesh! Oh, and I don't even have any zukes yet!randihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03437879726079466007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378553207346665393.post-50510703447052717022009-08-18T16:26:30.660-05:002009-08-18T16:26:30.660-05:00We just started getting some spots of blight on ou...We just started getting some spots of blight on our tomatoes (all from homegrown starts), here in NB. Amazingly, no blight in the potatoes, and I think it has to do with the layer of hay mulch we put down in the early spring, after hilling the potatoes. The blight spores must have come in on the wind and rain, from neigboring blighted potato farms, but only on the tomatoes, where the leaves touch the soil. <br /><br />So perhaps one of your precautions against blight next year could be mulching around the plants in the spring, and keeping leaves out of contact with the soil. My sprawling tomato plants will probably produce a crop still, I mean there's only a few weeks left in the season after all, but I should have trellised and mulched them, darn it!Freija and Beringian Fritillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11591614320106389316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378553207346665393.post-69265754626378459912009-08-18T11:01:09.076-05:002009-08-18T11:01:09.076-05:00We lost both potato crop and tomato crop. We grew...We lost both potato crop and tomato crop. We grew ALL our tomatoes from seed and still got hit hard. Every day a new dalmation plant. sigh... I did harvest all the green tomatoes I could and made green tomato ginger jam and pickled some as well. Potatoes turned mushy within days. Oh well, next year's another year and I've got beans and Zukes. I'll roll with it.Anna Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771185484339023184noreply@blogger.com