Comments on: How does your garden grow ? http://tomatolover.com/how-does-your-garden-grow-2/ Learning to Grow Tomatoes Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:13:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Sally http://tomatolover.com/how-does-your-garden-grow-2/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Sally Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:01:34 +0000 http://tomatolover.com/?p=2976#comment-789 I got my first 'doom' text today. Courtesy of the potato blight service. To tell me that a full Smith period has now been experienced in my area. So spores are no doubt astirring somewhere ! I feel 'close leaf scrutiny' coming on. Still puts splitting in perspective !! I got my first ‘doom’ text today. Courtesy of the potato blight service. To tell me that a full Smith period has now been experienced in my area. So spores are no doubt astirring somewhere ! I feel ‘close leaf scrutiny’ coming on.
Still puts splitting in perspective !!

]]> By: kevs http://tomatolover.com/how-does-your-garden-grow-2/comment-page-1/#comment-783 kevs Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:49:04 +0000 http://tomatolover.com/?p=2976#comment-783 Yes, it's blight season again, as expected. A corespondent on Livejournal who lives near Manchester, reported her potato crop was affected, so it's probably heading in our direction. I'm glad we've had some rain, but I expect my potato plants, all in the open, will be zapped by blight any time soon. Time to get the spade out, I think. I hope your fences give a degree of protection from the rain. Sorry to read of your splitting woes, at least your split fruits are still edible, although not as decorative as the rest. They'll ripen off the vine when the green lightens, you can store them near ripe fruit to quicken ripening. Yes, it’s blight season again, as expected. A corespondent on Livejournal who lives near Manchester, reported her potato crop was affected, so it’s probably heading in our direction. I’m glad we’ve had some rain, but I expect my potato plants, all in the open, will be zapped by blight any time soon. Time to get the spade out, I think. I hope your fences give a degree of protection from the rain.

Sorry to read of your splitting woes, at least your split fruits are still edible, although not as decorative as the rest. They’ll ripen off the vine when the green lightens, you can store them near ripe fruit to quicken ripening.

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