{"id":57,"date":"2022-08-02T15:27:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T15:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plymyardhallallotments.co.uk\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2022-08-03T10:43:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T10:43:05","slug":"tomatoes-early-blight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/plymyardhallallotments.co.uk\/index.php\/guidance-tips-advice\/tomatoes-early-blight\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomatoes: Early Blight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Early blight is a disease that attacks the plants foliage, stems and the fruit of tomatoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When does early blight affect plants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>During early to mid season<\/li><li>Humid weather<\/li><li>Periods of heavy rain<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What does early blight look like?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Brown to Black 1\/4&#8243; to 1\/2&#8243; spots on the lower leaves and stems<\/li><li>Spots on fruit often start near the stem<\/li><li>Lower leave turn yellow and drop off<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to treat early blight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Remove and destroy infected leaves (see below)<\/li><li>With a bio-fungicide and fungicide as soon as possible<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/aYcfPaOs7xThdpjBD43_lTyTSCQsuxxJqo5pPEDonJ_J37oluViBUdfmnRSG01AiDtFL6UcJluYnnXCMFvjrZKN-1jOzfnJof30_XO-IzMzJG-zHStWAyeG8CQ8AdYeCrg=w1280\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to prevent blight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rotate crops. Spores can remain dormant for several years<\/li><li>Plant disease resistant hybrids<\/li><li>Plant in raised beds to improve drainage<\/li><li>Give tomato plants space &#8211; more than 24 inches to allow air to circulate amongst the leaves<\/li><li>Water the soil, not the plant<\/li><li>Stake plants for better circulation<\/li><li>Remove and destroy affected plants<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An excellent article regarding Blight&#8230;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Ab0vlBqlQG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitesizedgardening.co.uk\/tomato-blight-control-and-prevention-of-late-blight-in-uk-gardens-allotments\/how-to-dig-for-victory\/\">Tomato Blight: Control and Prevention of Late Blight In UK Gardens &#038; Allotments<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Tomato Blight: Control and Prevention of Late Blight In UK Gardens &#038; Allotments&#8221; &#8212; Bite Sized Gardening\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitesizedgardening.co.uk\/tomato-blight-control-and-prevention-of-late-blight-in-uk-gardens-allotments\/how-to-dig-for-victory\/embed\/#?secret=K7RIIwSTFc#?secret=Ab0vlBqlQG\" data-secret=\"Ab0vlBqlQG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early blight is a disease that attacks the plants foliage, stems and the fruit of tomatoes. When does early blight affect plants During early to mid season Humid weather Periods of heavy rain What does early blight look like? Brown &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/plymyardhallallotments.co.uk\/index.php\/guidance-tips-advice\/tomatoes-early-blight\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":40,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plymyardhallallotments.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plymyardhallallotments.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plymyardhallallotments.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plymyardhallallotments.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plymyardhallallotments.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/plymyardhallallotments.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"https:\/\/plymyardhallallotments.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/69"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plymyardhallallotments.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plymyardhallallotments.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}