She has got an amazing special going on to help you learn: In fact, she raises more than half of her family’s fruits and vegetables with a day job and on only a half-acre. I also want you to imagine decreasing disease and pests with time-honored crop rotation and companion planting.Ĭheck out my dear friend Melissa’s Organic Gardening Workshop. Melissa is a 5th generation homesteader with 20 years of experience growing her own food. I want you to imagine increasing your harvest with proven techniques that won’t consume your time. It’s a preventative tip (so bookmark it for next year!): The first is from one of Jerry Baker’s books that I mentioned checking out at the library when I first started gardening. I also came across a couple of sources to help solve the problem, although I admit I haven’t had to use any of them myself. You can just prepare the soil next year the way that I described in the post above to prevent blight from forming. Next year, you will want to plant your tomatoes in a different location since there will still be blight in your soil in that area. Blight is difficult to get rid of though. (Just leave your water out for at least 24 hours to remove the chlorine.) The compost will have good microbes in it to help fight the blight naturally. What this is is really good compost that is in non-chlorinated water. (I know that it rains, so this won’t be a real fix.) You can also try spraying your plant with compost water. Also when you water those plants, just water the soil not the plant if possible. You can try to place powdered milk into the soil around the plant, just make sure not to disturb the roots. Really the best way to prevent it is before you plant, with powdered milk or crushed eggshells. If it is on several plants, you will want to remove all of the leaves and branches that are affected making sure to not touch any other areas of the plant or drop the pieces that you remove. After touching the plant that is affected, make sure to wash your hands really well with soap and water so that it does not spread further. This could be your hands, or insects going from one plant to another. Blight spreads really easily through touch. If it is only one plant that has blight I would pull it up.
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