Not a pretty picture of "late tomato blight" but evidently it is a common one in tomato farms all over the northeast. There was a recent op-ed piece in the New York Times titled "You Say Tomato, I Say Agricultural Disaster" that highlights the problem. It must be heart breaking to have to destroy a farm or garden of heirloom tomatoes. My fingers are crossed.
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Wow, things like this can be devastating and discouraging to small-time planters and container gardeners, to watch as months of patience become toxic in three days.
Crazy summer...
My four Roma plants haven't even blossomed after three months. None of my gardener friends are having any luck with tomatoes this year.
Looks like we're going to have to start eating pizza with white sauce if this continues...
Posted by: Ben Czajkowski | August 12, 2009 at 05:09 PM