Birmingham, Blight and Tomatoes

[zazen999]

Also one of the guys spoke to Pippa Greenwood at a recent local food come agricultural show at Stoneleigh I think and apparently she was saying that Onion Fly is becoming a big problem around the UK. Has Anybody else heard this?

She probably means Allium Leaf Miner; which is slightly different but is the next big pest to attack the allium family. Garden Organic survey shows Allium leaf miner spreading fast - News story from Garden organic

[binley100]

last summer was the first time I got unblighted toms from the lottie ....not saying it'll happen this year but it's worth a go.
Only way to keep the leaf miner at bay is to fleece mar/apr and sept/oct.. ..I've been harvesting bug free leeks