came on early and hit hard in the northeastern United States and elsewhere. It literally spread within days leaving many tomato lovers lamenting the total loss of their tomato crops. A strain of this fungus was responsible for the Irish potato blight that was responsible for deaths during the “Potato Famine”.
More and more gardeners are attempting to grow their own vegetables in recent years and with tomatoes being one of the more costly vegetables to purchase, the number of tomato growers has increased. Many who attempted to grow tomatoes last year were disappointed in their attempt. I asked my mother recently if she was planning on planting tomatoes this year and she is a bit hesitant – most likely she will scale back the amount of tomato plants she plants.
For those of you who love your tomatoes and do not love the hard, bland, colorless tomatoes you buy in the supermarket, I have looked into methods of preventing or avoiding the tomato blight. Treating tomato blight once it has occurred is extremely difficult, therefore steps need to be taken to prevent the disease from occurring.
There are many methods of treatment
