They branch from a single stem about 3 inches tall with no leaves that I can see. The flowers are about an inch in diameter. I live in southern michigan if that helps.
Posted on 05/22/2009 4:17:16 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232
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Combat for blight is simple after the fact. Immaculate clean up of vines and stems and DO NOT COMPOST them. Remove them completely and then ROTATE your next year's crops. Tomatoes and potatoes should never be grown in the same spot more than one year. The fungus will also live in the soil, waiting to create heartache the next year.
Look at hybrids that have blight resistance in their habit. Heirlooms very often a susceptible especially if the condition already exists.
A soil test is good no matter what the case ... use it an balance the pH if need be and maintain a good nitorgen base.
Also watering habits are important. Keep the plant dry and water only the soil. If you do water overhead, do it early in the day ..it knocks the dew off and allows the vines to dry quickly in early morning sunlight.
I suspect your soil ... move your tomatoes to an opposite end of the garden and then clean up immediately and thoroughly in the fall.I would even go as far as digging and pulling and discarding the roots.
Good luck
I have a friend that has done the tire thing for years. Fortunately he has a small acreage and the unsightly tires can be put out of site and out of mind. His yields are simply amazing. With aesthetics being the case in a gated community I have a woodworker friend that makes stackable cedar boxes and does the same thing as if they were tires. Those beautifully hand crafted/dovetailed boxes are a thing to behold beauty wise. Even better looking with the plant foliage. His complaint .... “that ten pound bag of potatoes cost me 50 bucks to grow” But .. he had fun doing so.
It is an incredible method.
I have a similar room in the basement where I store canned and paper goods. It has no window, and a dehumidifier keeps it dry. It does get a bit warmer on occasion than I would like it to though.
I may look into keeping “roots” there.
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The brand name of the soap is “Safer Insecticidal Soap” I think I purchased it at Lowe’s last year. I also used Sevin which is what I think did in the beetles.
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Ah, but those $50 potatoes taste sooooooo much better. :-)
The Acorn and Zucchini squash are the only squash my wife will eat. Matter of fact she saved some Acorn seeds from one she bought at the grocery store and gave them to me to plant. I told her I did not think they would produce. But what do I know?
Anybody know?
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I have some 4th of July tomato seeds that I probably won’t use this year. PM me if you want me to send you a pinch of seeds in the mail. Thank you for your service too, on this Memorial Day!
Marsh Bellflower?
Look at number 61 to the left of the page here...
http://www.carsoncity.k12.mi.us/~hsstudent/wildflowers/
Marsh Bellflower is definitely the closest I’ve seen. It is growing less than 20 feet from the lake. The stem looks similar too.
I find all kinds of wildflowers during my wanderings that I don’t recognize.
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