Blight is something that every gardener fears. Tomatoes are prone to
blight and almost every gardener faces it as some point in their life.
However there are 2 tricks to getting rid of blight, and even
preventing it in the first place. The best part is they are not only
easy to do for anyone, they are totally organic! Drop the fungicides,
drop the chainsaw, grab a glass of lemonade and settle down….
settled? Good. 🙂
Baking soda spray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxeBz1e2OwU
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you can avoid a lot of tom. problems by planting ceiibrity tom. plants immune to 5 major problems
if you want to rid blight perm. buy som copper spray or daconil spray eather will kill the fungus you onle use i/2 teaspoon per gal water spray new plants after 4 week the about ten if needed now about pruning as your new plants grow take off lower leaves every few days til you only have 12inches from soil to bottom leaves this avoiding splater from rain as the fungus is in the soil also space tom plants 2-3 ft apart so they dont touch when grown hopes this new growers
Thank you. This is very helpful and I will try it!
Fortunately, I live on Mercury, and my plants usually burn during the day, so the blight spores cannot withstand the flames of the fire. I do, however, have a problem with my crop being completely converted to carbon, though, so there is that.
Will my soil in my raised bed need to be removed before I plant anything in it next year?
Just wanted to say thank you once again. I think that you are the most knowledgeable of the gardening channels that I watch… and I appreciate all of your information and research in detailed explanations that you give
question……if you have blight one season, can you top your soil with blight free compost or mulch to prevent the blight spores from getting to the leaves the following year?
Omg thank u. I’m a new gardener and I’ve been literally been going crazy about having early blight. All the sights and videos I’ve went to says I would have to totally get rid of and burn the plant, that I couldn’t do much. But this made me feel a little better and maybe I can still have a proper harvest. Thank u! Definitely going to try out the spray.
Watering the plant with garlic tea will kill the blight in the soil.
What is the ratio of baking soda and vegetable oil to be mixed with water for controlling blight in tomato. Please reply.
Just found you. So glad I did. First time planting tomato's. How often should I spray them with the baking soda/oil blend?
Cheap, simple and nontoxic solution. Thanks a ton.
If tomatoes don’t like water on their leaves???, here in Australia we can have rain after a hot day? What can a person do to prevent from blight forming?
What about the tomato blight powder you can buy from the supermarket or nursery- any good?
Excellent vid thanks
Was wondering since the blight is soil bound to start with and then gets blown around by wind can you do the baking soda wash (no dishwashing liquid or oil) directly in to the soil after harvesting is finished to lower the pH of the soil to a point where blight cannot survive? And or raise it up in acidity for a week or 2 to kill the blighters?
Great info! Thank you for this. I've got early blight so I'm gonna do this
I’m doing container gardening and the pots are raised up on pallets above the ground. I also mulched the dirt with cedar shavings to keep dirt from splashing on my plants. I also pruned the lower branches and removed suckers. I really hope my tomatoes thrive this year!
Will blight kill my tomatos? It’s been in the 70s lately but 90s will soon comeback soon!
Hmm. You must have changed your opinion at some point. I just watched another video where you said it doesnt matter. I should really see when video you made first to see what your current opinion is. Great video like always
Excellent explanation and coverage of this issue. This is much appreciated, because it is too easy to make the wrong choices out of desperation/ignorance.
Going to try the baking-soda solution right now. I am 99% sure my blight issue is being caused by bad airflow, so pruning will happen also. Mine is early blight.
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My potatoes have blight. I’m so sad.
Baking soda is alkaline, not acidic
Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate key word here "sodium" DONT USE BAKING SODA! instead use potassium bicarbonate
Do these methods work for potato plants too??
In another video u said its ok to compost blight leaves. Which is correct?
Thanks for your advice. I have blight and I think Im past the point of no return. I dont have enough garden space this year. Glad I have 2 plots. 1 isnt infected badly. Can I treat my potatoes with the soda solution as well as my tomatoes?
this is before he learnedto single stem