Fishing for sympathy - Tomato blight

[MrsImFedUpOfTheWeather]

I didn't know what it was - but I do now. This year's crop failure (there's always something) goes to the tomatoes. Some have got blight. I've pulled them up. What are the chances of the others surviving or should I just pull them all up and admit defeat?

Any one else suffering this year. I'm so disappointed.

It may not have got to the fruit yet, so pick any tomatoes that look OK and ripen indoors (or make green tomato chutney).

It's been a bad blight year in a lot of places because of the damp. It needs humidity over 70% to develop.

Thanks for this. Will the green tomatoes still be ok to eat.? Can't say I'm feeling that enthusiastic about eating them from a diseased plant tbh. 😂

So gutted because we had so many plants.

This year has been a pain in the neck.

Yes, they'll be fine. If they are still nice and green, the disease hasn't got to them yet. Cook them if it makes you feel better.

We had it last year, our greenhouse is by a farmer's field that had potatoes that got blight, despite them spraying every other day. I cut off all the foliage, and picked the fruit that was ripe, and left the the unripe fruit to ripen on the bare stalks, which it did with no I’ll effect.
OK so far this year, despite the wet weather.
if you are growing potatoes, do check them as they are the same family.

Thanks for the information. - appreciate that. It's the first time I've had it. It must be absolutely awful for farmers that get it.

Mine look like they've got it too. I started them late and all was going well, but last week I saw the telltale signs. Keeping them going just in case it's something else, but I'm really annoyed. Had two years of total glut so it's about time my luck ran out.

Sorry to hear dubyalass. I'm really disappointed and annoyed too. I didn't start mine until late because of the cold spring and 'summer' hasn't helped. There's always some failures every year but I wasn't banking on it being the tomatoes.

I hope yours are OK!

Just a thought - don't put the foliage on your compost heap, either burn it or put in the bin. Spores can linger in the soil.

Thank you. How long should I leave the dead pile to dry out before I burn it?

I would do it asap, you want to destroy the foliage and spores before they spread. Just make a twiggy fire, easier if you have an incinerator, and add it bit by bit. Either that, or bag it up and take it to the tip, their composting is huge and has hotter temps, and can deal with pathogens.