It sounds like your plants may be too far gone to save by cutting off blighted foliage tbh.
The problem is, if you cut the green fruit off now and bring it inside, some will no doubt have the blight spores on them and it will spread to all of the fruit.
I've done it, even checked the fruit everyday and removed all the blighted ones and still lost 90%.
The best advice I would give is to use the green ones, for green tomato stuff, or leave them on and try to ripen them, checking the plants everyday and removing dodgy bits.
That's from experience, but obviously others will have different views.
I don't think drowning the plants in water will make any difference, but I'm not an expert, I just think that the UK winters kill off any blight you may compost and for that reason don't worry about it.
The problem is, if you cut the green fruit off now and bring it inside, some will no doubt have the blight spores on them and it will spread to all of the fruit.
I've done it, even checked the fruit everyday and removed all the blighted ones and still lost 90%.
The best advice I would give is to use the green ones, for green tomato stuff, or leave them on and try to ripen them, checking the plants everyday and removing dodgy bits.
That's from experience, but obviously others will have different views.
I don't think drowning the plants in water will make any difference, but I'm not an expert, I just think that the UK winters kill off any blight you may compost and for that reason don't worry about it.
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