agnesrob
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Late Blight
Sat, 07/11/09 9:05 AM
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Michael Hoffman
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Re:Late Blight
Sat, 07/11/09 10:10 AM
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Interesting that you mention that today. There's a story in today's Columbus Dispatch about the fungus here.
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chewingthefat
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Re:Late Blight
Sat, 07/11/09 5:17 PM
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My English Boxwoods are getting clobbered, I have hundreds of them, some over 75 yrs old, it's killing me, not to mention them!
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Tedbear
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Re:Late Blight
Fri, 07/17/09 2:21 AM
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You may be able to save the tomatoes by using Soap Shield, an organic anti-fungal product sold by Gardens Alive in Indiana. Soap Shield consists of copper, which interrupts the life cycle of fungi, suspended in a liquid soap solution. You mix 2 ounces of this product with a gallon of water in your pressure sprayer, and spray the plants, including the underside of the leaves. Repeat every 7 days.
There are also other commercial antifungal products available, such as Daconil. Personally, I would not use products like this on food crops, but I do use Daconil on trees and shrubs. Currently, my White Birch tree is suffering from some kind of plant disease--possibly the same late blight as the tomatoes are infected with--and it may be significant that the the birch tree is very close to my vegetable plot. I noticed that a neighbor's Paperbark Birch tree is also suffering from leaf drop. I sprayed my birch yesterday, so I hope to see fewer leaves dropping soon.
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