[murrie]

Thanks for the info-what an awesome way to grow taters. I’m
going to try my hand at sweet taters this year.

My biggest problem with tomatoes is blight. It seems that living in Nashville, TN it comes with the territory. I have had people tell me that if you are going to grow tomatoes in tennessee then you have to continually spray with daconil. Ugh.

I’ve had the most luck growing the heirloom “mortgage lifter”. Not a pretty plant but boy it can produce!

Thanks for the tater growing idea.

mary

[Red_Devil 232]

I had posted a picture on my Freeper home page showing my dead fig tree. But wait one minute folks! Look at this photo taken today!

[HiramQuick]

blight is common to both taters and maters. Early blight is caused by the fungus, Alternaria solani that thrives in the stems and remains there even after the season is over.

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