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Old May 14, 2011   #9
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[QUOTE=carolyn137;213206]You get Late Blight ( P. infestans) in Alabama? Now that does surprise me.

Yes we sometimes get Late Blight, but it has been very rare. The first time I got it was years ago and had no idea what was destroying my tomato plants. The funny thing was it didn't hit late in the year but in early summer. Last year I had it hit in late summer and early fall and it really did a number on every plant that got it. As soon as I saw what it was I sprayed all of my plants every other day with a bleach solution a couple of times til I saw no new infections. It did not save the plants that had it but it did seem to kill it off and prevent the further spread of the disease. I hope I never see it again; I have enough problems with fusarium wilt. At least with fusaruium wilt it can be fairly slow in destroying a plant whereas with Late Blight, it is like spraying the plant with Roundup. I have never seen anything else cause so much destruction so fast.
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