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Blight on the loose

Last post 08-06-2008 7:57 PM by Phot's-Moll. 26 replies.

• 30/05/2008 11:47 PM
  bogweevil Location: Joined on: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 1,148	Reply | Contact My automated potato blight warning subscription tells me that we have had the correct meteorological conditions for blight this week - time to get spraying. Boggy     Beware the bat-eared bogweevil

• 31/05/2008 05:24 AM	In reply to
  Dekcolb Location: South East Joined on: 08 May 2008 Posts: 6	Reply | Contact Gosh, Thats early! Thanks for this advice Mr. Boggy. Is Dithane 945 still legal or am I risking having my shoulder felt merely by having it in my horticultural medicine cabinet?. Does anyone know plse. Thank you

• 31/05/2008 07:28 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 1,747	Reply | Contact Would that be for tomatoes too - or just spuds?  Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.

• 01/06/2008 10:53 PM	In reply to
  bogweevil Location: Joined on: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 1,148	Reply | Contact  Tatties, toms, the blight makes no distinction - be on your guard.  Dithane is still legal ( although, maybe not next year) and so is copper for now.   Boggy     Beware the bat-eared bogweevil

• 02/06/2008 06:46 AM	In reply to
  David 29971 Location: 7'Oaks Joined on: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 75	Reply | Contact Thanks for the info Boggy. I shall use my stock of Dithane whilst still legal and might even apply some to my Gojis in view of the family relationship David Member 29971

• 02/06/2008 08:57 AM	In reply to
  bogweevil Location: Joined on: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 1,148	Reply | Contact  Goji berries are an invasive weed in some parts of Britain and have never been troubled by blight.   Boggy     Beware the bat-eared bogweevil

• 02/06/2008 10:09 AM	In reply to
  David 29971 Location: 7'Oaks Joined on: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 75	Reply | Contact Thank you Boggy. That's reassuring.   As, according to Defra, they are a member of the Solanaceous family I feared they could have been. David Member 29971

• 02/06/2008 10:30 AM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 2,792	Reply | Contact  On Friday's GW Joe was worried about his gojiberry plants spreading disease to his spuds and toms so he dug them all out. sue1002

• 02/06/2008 11:04 AM	In reply to
  Figwort Location: Peterborough Joined on: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 239	Reply | Contact Boggy Where did you sign up for this? Can anyone sign up for it? Thanks.  There are never any problems in gardening - just opportunities!

• 02/06/2008 11:06 AM

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  David 29971 Location: 7'Oaks Joined on: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 75

  Reply | Contact Thank you very much Sue1002. I must start watching that programme again. I do note that the Defra notice (dated 29th April 2008)  states that Goji Berry plants being part of the Solanaceous family " are susceptible to certain quarantine pests and diseases which can affect such crops as Potato and Tomato" That's good enough for me. My goji plants have had their chips! David Member 29971

• 03/06/2008 01:06 PM	In reply to
  Figwort Location: Peterborough Joined on: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 239	Reply | Contact I've just been on the BlightWatch website and signed up for an alert warning. There are never any problems in gardening - just opportunities!

• 03/06/2008 01:26 PM	In reply to
  bogweevil Location: Joined on: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 1,148	Reply | Contact Not all goji bushes are illegal imports - seek ressurances from your suppliers. I suspect Mr Swift could get no such assuarances and his plants had to go.    Boggy     Beware the bat-eared bogweevil

• 03/06/2008 02:22 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 1,747	Reply | Contact Is there anything we can do to prevent blight ruining our crops other than/ in addition to spraying with chemicals? Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.

• 03/06/2008 02:30 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 2,792	Reply | Contact  Short of keeping them under cover Phot's, I don't think there is, know anywhere that sells giant umbrellas? sue1002

• 03/06/2008 02:32 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 1,747	Reply | Contact Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.