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brownrexx · July 3, 2019

I use pruners to remove branches with Early blight and I never disinfect the pruners or my hands. The spores are spread through the soil anyway so I just cut off the offending branches and dispose of them.

I have never noticed that I was spreading EB. Some of my plants seem to get it and sometimes ones right next to them don't. Sun Sugar is always the first one to show EB.

July 3, 2019	#5
brownrexx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Southeastern PA Posts: 1,420	I use pruners to remove branches with Early blight and I never disinfect the pruners or my hands. The spores are spread through the soil anyway so I just cut off the offending branches and dispose of them. I have never noticed that I was spreading EB. Some of my plants seem to get it and sometimes ones right next to them don't. Sun Sugar is always the first one to show EB.