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Tomato Blight

Concerned about tomato blight?

If you have tomatoes plants, then you will want to check them for this disease. It can destroy plants in as little as 3 to 5 days. It is typically caused by cool temperatures and moisture. The first symptom of the disease is a change in color of the leaf to a green/gray area that then changes to black or brown. It can then spread to the whole plant. An affected plant need to be removed so that it does not spread to other plants. Healthy plants can spread with a fungicide to help protect them from this disease.

Learn more with this article, Blight is back; check your garden, which was published in the Altoona Mirror on June 15th, 2010, on page D1.

Image: Unaffected tomatoes that made it to our market.
For an image of the blighted plant, check out the Altoona Mirror article above.