You win some, you lose some.

[PyreneesPlot]

After a difficult and late start in the veg plot, I have been feeling slightly smug that my potatoes (pink fir apple) didn't get blight at all - the first time in four seasons - and my tomatoes are only going down with it very slowly. They were long composted by this time last year.

Today I went to have a chat with my jalapenos to see if they were going red yet, only to find that blight has swept through the chillies. Well, I assume that's what it is. Yellowing leaves with blotchy brown patches and the fruit developing brown shoulders and dropping. Drat and double drat Only the pasilla seem ok. Both fruit!!

And the irony is that the tomatoes and potatoes are planted as far away from each other as rotation will allow, but the chillies are in the same bed as the spuds. Time to rethink the rotation again, methinks.

[Penellype]

Theres a thread about chillis and blight here: http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ect_21927.html
Not sure the potato/tomato blight affects chilies and vice versa, although they are the same family of fungus.

[Aberdeenplotter]

The first sign is talking to yourself, the second sign is talking to your jalapenos . I too was a bit dubious about the blight issue but after a quick gurgle I'm convinced that Phytophthora Blight which is the scourge of potato growers is the same genus as the Phytophthora Blight which can affect chillies. pics can be seen on this site Phytopthora blight - Yahoo! Search Results .


Now I'm off to talk to my onions. The third sign

[Aberdeenplotter]

I'm no longer convinced . Apparently, the word "Phytophthora" is simply greek for plant and there is a variety of blight Phytopthora capsici which is the type of blight which affects capsicums.

[kathyd]

How depessing . Still, at least some things worked well . It's always the way isn't it? I wouldn't mind so much if it was a bit more predictable, and I could arrange some devious alternatives and counter-measures!

[Two_Sheds]

Hot and dry here all summer (for a change, and very welcome), and no blight. I got to harvest 2 trusses of "wild" (ie, from compost) tomatoes last week: ripe and everything

[Nicos]

This is the first time in 5 years we've not had potato blight!

However 5 days ago I spotted 2 of the outdoor tomato plants have just started with blight.
It's very warm and humid here now so no doubt it'll get a hold fast on the other plants.
Unfortunately the chillies are planted in the same bed so I'll need to keep a close eye on them having read this thread. I was hoping to overwinter them but that'll not happen if they get blight.
Just have to wait and see I suppose!