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• tomato blite

  Posted by anne morley on Monday, August 23, 2004 10:41 pm ADT

  Every year I have a problem with early blite on my tomotoes . I water my plant with a soaker hose and try to allow air ciculation around my plants. It is impossible for me to rotate my plants because the garden is to small. There must be something I can put in my soil over the winter to kill the blite spores. I need HELP

  • re: tomato blite

    Posted by judy on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:06 pm ADT

    Where does tomato blite come from? Is it in the soil or does a bug carry it?

  • re: tomato blite

    Posted by k.c. schultz on Friday, August 17, 2007 12:19 pm ADT

    can anyone tell me what is eating the tomatoes.It seems to start out a dark spot and them goes into the flesh itself .It seems to start just as they are starting to turn red?

  • blite last year .re: tomato blite

    Posted by s curan on Saturday, May 24, 2008 5:22 pm ADT

    can i grow my tomatoes in the same border which had blite last year.thank you

  • re: tomato blite

    Posted by sandie casada on Sunday, June 29, 2008 1:27 pm ADT

    every year I get tomato blite....what can I do to prevent it and keep it from killing my tomatoes?

  • re: tomato blite

    Posted by JOSH HOFER on Saturday, July 5, 2008 8:19 pm ADT

    we have problams with our tomatoes ,leaves curel up . what can i do or use ,thank you

  • re: tomato blite

    Posted by Glenda on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:30 pm ADT

    The leaves curl in an effort to reduce the loss of water. Soak them good at least once a week and they'll stay straight as an arrow

  • re: tomato blite

    Posted by Glenda on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:35 pm ADT

    Preventing blite from killing your tomatoes and for those who can not rotate, spray your garden soil late in the fall and early the next spring with a mixture of 2 tablespoons of bleach and 2 tablespoons of baby shampoo i a gallon of water. This will cover about 100 sq.feet of garden area. Then during the growing season, spray the tomatoe plants every two weeks with an all purpose liquid fruit tree spray.

  • re: tomato blite

    Posted by Glenda on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:48 pm ADT

    To fight early blight and other common tomatoe diseases, try using this mix on your newly trasplanted tomatoe plants. 1 cup of compost 1/2 cup powdered nonfat milk 1/2 cup Epsom salts Mix the compost, 1/2 c. of the powdered milk and the epsom salts together, sprinkle a handful of the mix into each planting hole,. Then sprinkle 1/4 cup of powdered milk on top of the soil after planting. Repeat every few weeks throughout the yr.