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(Irish) Potato Famine Fungus Found in Plattsburgh (NY)
WCAX ^
| 6/30/09
Posted on 06/30/2009 7:45:48 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter
The plant fungus that caused the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s has shown up in Plattsburgh, and experts say residents need to act quickly.
It's called "late blight" and it affects eggplants, potatoes and tomatoes. The fungus hasn't made it this far north in about a decade, but it moves quickly and can kill an infected plant in as short as a week and a half. The signs that your plants have late blight are brownish lesions on the leaves which make them look wet. Late blight was discovered in the region at unnamed major box stores on Friday. It came to the area because a vegetable wholesaler apparently sold the stores infected tomato plants.
Officials say if you've bought any tomato, eggplant or potato plants that were not grown locally you should throw them out. However, do not compost or burn the infected plant because the spores will travel up to four miles.
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: agriculture; blight; fungus; lateblight; potato; potatofamine; tomato
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Watch your gardens folks.
To: Straight Vermonter
i've been to Plattsburgh.
finding fungus up there doesn't surprise me in the least.
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posted on
06/30/2009 7:47:05 AM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: Straight Vermonter
Kudos to WCAX for not making the obligatory link to global warming.
The fungus hasn't made it this far north in about a decade,
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posted on
06/30/2009 7:49:40 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: thefactor
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posted on
06/30/2009 7:49:49 AM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: Straight Vermonter
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posted on
06/30/2009 7:50:22 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: Red_Devil 232
Get this out to the ‘Garden List’ ASAP!
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posted on
06/30/2009 7:52:08 AM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: DManA
My question exactly. If you can’t burn them, what do you do with them? I’ve always heard that you should always get seed potato’s that are clean and germ free.
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posted on
06/30/2009 7:58:20 AM PDT
by
RC2
To: Diana in Wisconsin; gardengirl; girlangler; SunkenCiv; HungarianGypsy; Gabz; billhilly; Alkhin; ...
Ping to Weekly Gardening List.
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posted on
06/30/2009 8:00:17 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Grinder; Esther Ruth; freepatriot32; tiamat; Ladysmith; Alas Babylon!; Malacoda; vrwc0915; ...
Please ping all your agri and garden lists.
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posted on
06/30/2009 8:02:24 AM PDT
by
Calpernia
(DefendOurFreedoms.Org)
To: Red_Devil 232
Thanks...it will be great to get feedback from Diana and Garden Girl...
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posted on
06/30/2009 8:04:28 AM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: DManA
The fungus hasn't made it this far north in about a decade, About the time we had our last Democratic president and green vice president. Seems to me that a case could be made for associating Democrats with potato fungus.
To: Straight Vermonter
Interestingly, my ancestors ended up in Plattsburgh in 1845 after fleeing the Potato Famine in Ireland.
To: Straight Vermonter
Certainly due to global warming and is George Bush’s fault. Now if Lord Obama would just lay hands on the infected plants to heal them and give massive subsidies to potato, egg plant and tomato farmers, production would be stimulated and this crisis solved. (sarcasm)
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posted on
06/30/2009 8:10:54 AM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
Kind of ironic, for sure.
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posted on
06/30/2009 8:23:15 AM PDT
by
HollyB
To: Straight Vermonter
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posted on
06/30/2009 8:23:39 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Straight Vermonter
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posted on
06/30/2009 8:25:54 AM PDT
by
Cinnamon Girl
(G-d Bless President Bush. He kept us safe.)
To: Straight Vermonter
I started my tomatoes and eggplants from seeds!
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posted on
06/30/2009 8:28:15 AM PDT
by
sneakers
( NO AMERICAN BOWS TO ROYALTY - From president to ditch digger - NO AMERICAN BOWS! "Jim")
To: Squantos
Did you see this?...probably want to follow it!
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posted on
06/30/2009 8:30:51 AM PDT
by
hiredhand
(Understand the CRA and why we're facing economic collapse - see my about page.)
To: RC2
Most blights are caused by long periods of wet, cool weather as the fruits are ripening. I had a blight of some sort on my beefsteak tomatoes (late bearers) last summer, due to precisely those conditions. I am not sure, but I think, for tomatoes, anyway, it is more likely on indeterminates.
There are products on the market that contain bacillius subtilis, are rated organic and are supposed to cure the blight. Look on Gardeners.com, which has identifying photos, explanations and a lot of information on use.
The best cure is hot, sunny weather.
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posted on
06/30/2009 8:50:31 AM PDT
by
reformedliberal
(Are we at high crimes or misdemeanors, yet?)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/30/2009 8:53:22 AM PDT
by
investigateworld
( Abortion stops a beating heart.)
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