Damned Leaf Spot

Drew Lawson · 2015-07-16T14:21:08+00:00

Sigh. It seems that I get a second year of tomato leaf spot. At least I think I recognized it earlier this year than last. The plants still look vibrant. And I know not to get lax about respraying like I did last year. I had the thought to do a preemptive spraying of copper sulfate when I set them out. I should have followed through with that. Unfortunately we were out of town last week, and I was recovering from exhaustion for the beginning of the week. Otherwise, I might have figured it out sooner. On the up side, I ate the first tomato and first cucumber of the year yesterday. I had thinned the cucumber cages to about half the density of last year, and I'm thinking they may still be too crowded. I had to weave the vines onto the cages yesterday, since they'd sprawled about 4 feet instead of climbing.

Jul 16, 2015 22 Replies

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~misfit~ 11 years ago

I try to be as organic as possible but finances especially dictate that I compromise from time to time. However if and when I do compromise I try to use older 'tried and true' low-impact substances.

True. I usually grow three or four varieties including a cherry tomato but, as the previous year the Grosse Lisse was by far my favourite and I'm having to cut back a bit on non-tree food growing (essentially 'soil working') I decided to just grow the Grosee Lisse last year. Lesson learned.

Nice! :)

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