tomatoes - blight and timing

[BroadRipple]

every year I've grown fewer varieties, as the blight has struck them down - but I can't quite bear to grow none at all, and have just realised that the pathetic seedlings I have aren't up to the job. So:
1 - is it too late to plant seeds, do you think?
2 - which in yr view are the most delicious blight-resisting types?
oh and 3 - is there any point trying some of my beloved tigerellas etc, for the short pre-blight interval? (can guess yr answer)

[cheops]

Why not grow a blight resistant variety as I now do as in previous years blight also destroyed my crops. I only planted mine a week ago and they are just germinating now so in my opinion it's not too late to plant tomato seeds. The blight resistant variety I have planted this year is Fantasio.

[jacob]

Your pathetic seedlings have plenty of time to grow up to be big strong vines!

Particularly for tomatoes, blight is very weather dependent. The damp late summer over the last couple of years has been very poor for tomatoes. Get a good summer and it might not strike until September / October by which point you ought to have a crop. Also, vigourous pruning of dodgy looking leaves can hold blight at bay on toms for a few weeks (more so that with potatoes, in my experience).

[rustylady]

Can't you grow under cover (greenhouse)?

[binley100]

P'haps I'm an eternal optimist but I certainly wouldn't let blight stop me from either growing the varieties I like or in fact growing toms at all.....last year all at the lottie were affected but out of those in the garden at home I only lost a few and that was due to the damp miserable weather. The year before we were cropping outdoor toms at the lottie well into Oct ...it's all a bit of a gamble really , pretty much the same as growing anything.

[marcofez]

I'm with Binley! Sometimes you get decent crops and sometimes you don't. Never stop trying, the weather doesn't!

[Dotty Sarah]

Don't give up, it had better not be too late as my last few varieties have only just started to germinate! I've only got a piddly little blowaway and only got the allotment this year so have always grown toms in pots on my little concrete patch of garden. Last year was the first time in 6 years that blight struck them down, is there anywhere more isolated that you can keep them to minimise the risk?

[horticultural_hobbit]

Rather than thinking of that which could exterminate, stick with the germinate. Mine are a silly size, but then again, so am I. The babies that I have, need a bit of a positive talking to and a bit of nice sunlight. They really are taking their time; and appear to be very low ability at the moment. I'm hoping that with time, they will grow and become gifted and talented.