Mid-South in June: 2015

AtlantaMarie wrote:6:30 am - 72 degrees.  Don't know (don't WANNA know) the humidity.  I suspect it's going to be another hot day...

Elev 571 ft 36.05 °N, 86.93 °W | Updated 6 min ago

Windmere wrote:

yolos wrote:

Windmere wrote:

By the way... my tomatoes are getting fungus!!!!  The tigerella and the tiger blush are the worst (note to self).  How are y'all doing with your tomatoes?

You are getting into the lingo pretty good Windmere. 

About two weeks ago I did the worst garden chore.  Cutting off the diseased/spotted leaves, spraying the clippers with bleach solution, clipping off the next leaf, etc.  I go around the house and collect every set of scissors and clippers and take them out to the garden.  Last time I ended up with 8 pairs of scissors/clippers to help speed up the process.  I then sprayed with (shhh) daconil.  That held off the onslaught for a while.  I see it coming back again.  This time clip, clip spray copper fungicide.  I hate this chore.  But this year I have held off the demise of my tomatoes for longer than usual so maybe it is working.

The least diseased plant is the Mountain Merit.  Nary a diseased leaf.  We finally got a mostly red tomato and are letting it finish ripening on the counter and then we will give it the old taste test to see if we want to grow it again.  It is the only determinate I have ever grown.  It is kind of nice not having the tomato trying to grow to the sky.

I really like your idea about the multiple scissors.  That sounds like a great time saver.  I might look into (shh) daconil (ha ha).  This chore is indeed tedious.  Right now, it seems like I only have about six out of about 18 (?) plants affected.  Most definitely some have been hit harder than others.  Some are completely unscathed (One of those is Mountain Magic... I think ... since all my signs finally faded... I'm going the the colors and my memory of what those colors meant).

The two tomatoes belonging to my daughter are fine. I caught that one leaf that was getting a spot and none have occurred since.

In any case, I have lots of fruit setting, so I'm still hopeful.

Windmere wrote:

Windmere wrote:

yolos wrote:

Windmere wrote:

By the way... my tomatoes are getting fungus!!!!  The tigerella and the tiger blush are the worst (note to self).  How are y'all doing with your tomatoes?

You are getting into the lingo pretty good Windmere. 

About two weeks ago I did the worst garden chore.  Cutting off the diseased/spotted leaves, spraying the clippers with bleach solution, clipping off the next leaf, etc.  I go around the house and collect every set of scissors and clippers and take them out to the garden.  Last time I ended up with 8 pairs of scissors/clippers to help speed up the process.  I then sprayed with (shhh) daconil.  That held off the onslaught for a while.  I see it coming back again.  This time clip, clip spray copper fungicide.  I hate this chore.  But this year I have held off the demise of my tomatoes for longer than usual so maybe it is working.

The least diseased plant is the Mountain Merit.  Nary a diseased leaf.  We finally got a mostly red tomato and are letting it finish ripening on the counter and then we will give it the old taste test to see if we want to grow it again.  It is the only determinate I have ever grown.  It is kind of nice not having the tomato trying to grow to the sky.

I really like your idea about the multiple scissors.  That sounds like a great time saver.  I might look into (shh) daconil (ha ha).  This chore is indeed tedious.  Right now, it seems like I only have about six out of about 18 (?) plants affected.  Most definitely some have been hit harder than others.  Some are completely unscathed (One of those is Mountain Magic... I think ... since all my signs finally faded... I'm going the the colors and my memory of what those colors meant).

The two tomatoes belonging to my daughter are fine. I caught that one leaf that was getting a spot and none have occurred since.

In any case, I have lots of fruit setting, so I'm still hopeful.

Yolos, I just ordered some Daconil from the HD across the street.  I've read some reviews though.  Everyone says it comes out as a stream as opposed to a spray.  Now, I bought the ready-made, so that might make a difference.  What has been your experience with product application?

Yeah, I caved on the Daconil.  It's storming at the moment...  I've thrown in the towel so to speak.