Early Blight resistance......... - Page 2

feldon30 · July 26, 2007

I mean the second definition, in that it simply has not been scientifically tested.

I grow tomatoes for flavor, not because of the alleged health benefits of one growing method vs. another.

I generally use as few chemicals as possible. I use B.T. which is an organic control of caterpillars, hornworms, and fruitworms. I have not to date used broad spectrum insecticides but that doesn't mean I haven't been tempted.

**carolyn137** · July 26, 2007

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Originally Posted by BR

Carolyn,

I'm not saying you are wrong about there not being any EB tolerant tomatoes but in my garden Opalka has all but thumbed it's nose at EB while ALL other varieties have had some problems due to wet weather. How can this be explained? Conditions are identical for all varieties.

About all I can say is that I'm the person who first introduced Opalka so I've been growing it longer than anyone.

And I certainly have seen EB on the foliage.

As to why it's so tolerant in your garden when all others are affected with EB I haven't a clue.

hasshoes · July 26, 2007

I'm with Carolyn on the airborn EB thing. . . I mulched like a crazy woman and even threw out trellising string afer it hit the mulch, yet still all of my plants have slowly started getting early blight.

I'm in a community garden, and it started on a row parallel to another gardner that caught it, and literally spread down that row then outward. If I'd known it could spread via the air/bugs so effectively, I would have pulled the first plant. . . or the neighbor's ;0) ;0) :0)!!!

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feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	I mean the second definition, in that it simply has not been scientifically tested. I grow tomatoes for flavor, not because of the alleged health benefits of one growing method vs. another. I generally use as few chemicals as possible. I use B.T. which is an organic control of caterpillars, hornworms, and fruitworms. I have not to date used broad spectrum insecticides but that doesn't mean I haven't been tempted. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

July 26, 2007	#18
hasshoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: MT Posts: 438	I'm with Carolyn on the airborn EB thing. . . I mulched like a crazy woman and even threw out trellising string afer it hit the mulch, yet still all of my plants have slowly started getting early blight. I'm in a community garden, and it started on a row parallel to another gardner that caught it, and literally spread down that row then outward. If I'd known it could spread via the air/bugs so effectively, I would have pulled the first plant. . . or the neighbor's ;0) ;0) :0)!!!