Decherdt - nice graphics. Wondering about one of those tomatoes with 80 fruit set on one plant?
Well, I sprayed round 2 of bleach spray yesterday morning because, no surprise in all this rain, I spotted some gray mold on some black tomato plants. This morning, I had a substantial number of dying leaves that I removed, proving Bill in Alabama right once again when he says by the time you spot gray mold, it is already much more advanced than you see. I removed a bunch of leaves and hope I don't lose significantly more than I have already. This was all in containers.
Interestingly, my plants in the ground are not showing any dead leaves from the same bleach spray at the same time. I am attempting to prune them this year to a 2 or 3 stems and right now, they are not crowded at all, unlike the ones in containers. Anecdotal evidence that good air circulation is very good for suppressing disease.
D.M.
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