I have 4 that I saved and now I see several more coming up in different areas and we have a native tomato, the small ones, that come up all over the yard. we will have an abundance of them.
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I have 4 that I saved and now I see several more coming up in different areas and we have a native tomato, the small ones, that come up all over the yard. we will have an abundance of them.
My yard is so small that I have to pull any plants I didn't plant myself up. We have bad blight here, too, and I have been advised not to let those volunteers grow, they can harbor blight. I imagine Florida is very different than NY though.
I don't think I have ever seen blight on a plant. Not to say we couldn't get it.
We have two kinds here, early and late. Early is unsightly but harmless. In late blight, the entire plant turns brown pretty much all at once. It stops producing, and the blight stays in the ground or in the foliage for next year. I don't put any of my tomato foliage in compost, but bag it all up and get it out of my yard immediately, whether it has blight or not.
I have heard others say this about tomato plants. I have always put them in it.
Ours get a fungus when we get a lot of rain but I do not know what kind, now I am wondering if it is blight they are getting.
To be safe, no more mater plants in the compost. Thank you for the info.