My brother Ole just told me about a problem Maryland area gardens are having with tomato and
potato late blight. I checked out some websites for information and this is what I found out:
From University of Maryland news desk:
"Late blight of tomato and potato is a potentially destructive fungal disease in Maryland home gardens. This is the same disease that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s."
For more information log onto: www.growit.umd.edu
The University of MD received a suspect tomato sample from a Howard Co. garden on June 12
and quickly determined that it was infected by late blight, Phytophthora infestans. Cool wet weather encourages it, so let's pray for hot and dry weather!
They say not to "overhead water"----hello---any good gardener knows plants absorb the most
beneficial water at the roots! I hope we all get to enjoy our "tomatas and potatas" without
Phytophthora infestans showing up!
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