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I buried a big rat the other day at the bottom of the garden near a shrub (cat caught it & left it in the middle of the lawn) I’d prefer blighted plants buried there than a rat. I won’t dig that area ever again now 
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The last dead rat I had to deal with got burned.
I think it had taken some bait.
Near Worksop on heavy clay soilComment
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Plenty of really tasty blight resistant varieties about these days. Every year I grow in my polytunnel: Apero (very sweet oval cherry), Fantasio & Crimson Crush (normal sized round tomatoes for salads and grilling), Giulietta (Italian plum). Faworyt are good if you want a beefsteak. All available from Dobies.
Heritage varieties are great but with summers seeming as though they are getting wetter, and thus blight is more likely, I'm fed up of losing my toms, so those varieties will be my choice going forward for the foreseeable future.
On the plus side, the wet summer has meant that even though my Maris Pipers are now beginning to succumb to blight despite diligent spraying with aspirin solution, the tubers are pretty big.
Swings and roundabouts.....Are y'oroight booy?Comment
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What aspirin dosage do you use?Comment
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I use 2 soluble 300mg aspirin to a gallon. I find this adequately soaks my spud plants nicely (plot is 20ft x 10ft) and leave a bit let for spraying the toms in he polytunnel - yes I still spray the toms, despite the fact they are supposed to be blight resistant.....cant hurt !Are y'oroight booy?Comment
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I looked up those varieties you grow, and only Crimson Crush is blight resistant.Originally posted by Vince G View Post
The others simply claim disease resistance. If all they say is "disease resistant" then it never means blight. It means resistance to various various, leaf spots, and early blight (not the same disease as late blight, which is the bad one).
Any resistance to (late) blight is always directly referenced.Comment
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