Tomato blight ...

[fwuffydragon]

Argh! My tomatoes have started to get blight!

I have pulled them all off, and will be chopping and freezing them so I can make green tomato chutney later (no time right now!).

The plants will be bagged up and taken to the tip.

What should I do with the soil? Can I add it to my garden (they were in buckets) as long as it's not in the potato bed, or should I junk that too?

Advice please!

Comments

[feroxargentea]

Blight tends to blow in from other tomato/potato crops in the area so it's probably more important to protect next year's crops from air/rain-splash than from contaminated soil. Greenhouse crops are usually okay, and if you can rig a bit of clear plastic over outdoor plants to keep the rain off the foliage, they're more likely to stay uninfected.