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To: small farm girl
Copper likely saved their life...hardest part with this year was the nonstop rain washing your protectant off.

Actually I do not think it helped much. May be best to try Disease-resistant tomato varieties

Lots of home gardeners have told me they are just tossing everything in to the compost, sounds like they were bacterial spot or anthracnose out of the party :

I think it is septoria, but in any case it should not get in the compost unless heated a lot.

45 posted on 09/30/2023 3:25:49 PM PDT by daniel1212 (As a damned+destitute sinner turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves souls on His acct + b baptized 2 obey H)
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To: daniel1212

They’ve made some goid breakthroughs with disease resistance...nothing for septoria yet. We keep everything covered with copper and oxidate, but we have access to a few chemicals with “look back” that can actually stop damage if caught early enough...but it’s always best to prevent it in the first place right? Anyway, did you get the same Noah’s deluge the other day as we did in Central MA?


53 posted on 10/01/2023 5:39:26 AM PDT by small farm girl
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