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coolhandluke74 
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CONCORD, N.H. – Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.
Late blight — the same disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s — occurs sporadically in the Northeast, but this year's outbreak is more severe for two reasons: infected plants have been widely distributed by big-box retail stores and rainy weather has hastened the spores' airborne spread.
The disease, which is not harmful to humans, is extremely contagious and experts say it most likely spread on garden center shelves to plants not involved in the initial infection. It also can spread once plants reach their final destination, putting tomato and potato plants in both home gardens and commercial fields at risk.
Meg McGrath, professor of plant pathology at Cornell University, calls late blight "worse than the Bubonic Plague for plants."
"People need to realize this is probably one of the worst diseases we have in the vegetable world," she said. "It's certain death for a tomato plant."
Tomato plants have been removed from Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Lowe's and Kmart stores in all six New England states, plus New York. Late blight also has been identified in all other East Coast states except Georgia, as well as Alabama, West Virginia and Ohio, McGrath said.
It is too early in the season to know whether infected plants will taint large crops or negatively affect commercial growers. But if that happens, growers could be forced to raise prices to cover costs associated with combating the disease.
Agriculture officials in the various states still are trying to determine where the outbreak started. One major grower, Alabama-based Bonnie Plants, supplies most of the tomato plants to big-box stores, but it is unclear whether the plants were infected before or after leaving the supplier's multiple greenhouses.
"There's no way in the world you can pin this on one plant company, but we just happen to be the biggest," said Dennis Thomas, the company's general manager.
The company has regularly inspected greenhouses in 38 states, including Maine, New Hampshire and New York. Its most recent inspections — in New Jersey and Pennsylvania — found no evidence of disease.
"We've not been written up one time for any late blight disease that was confirmed," Thomas said, noting that Bonnie Plants sprays seedlings before shipping them to stores, but that doesn't happen after the plants arrive. He said the company was proactive in removing plants once the outbreak occurred.
In the meantime, plant experts are warning gardeners to be on the lookout for the disease and to take quick action if it crops up. The first sign is often brown spots on plant stems, followed by nickel-sized olive-green or brown spots on the tops of leaves and fuzzy white fungal growth underneath. Tomato fruit will show firm, brown spots.
Spraying with fungicides can control late blight if begun before symptoms appear, but many plant experts recommend removing and destroying the plants instead to prevent spores from traveling.
Donald Flannery, executive director of the Maine Potato Board, said the state's potato farmers are concerned, but not in crisis mode.
"It's pretty easy to make our growers aware of it, that's the simple part. But what we've started to do is really reach out to home gardeners throughout Maine to ask them to be very diligent about checking their tomato plants or potato plants," he said.
Hilary Chapman of Hopkinton, N.H., hasn't yet seen any signs of blight on her four tomato plants — two she planted from seed and two purchased from a small local greenhouse.
"I have one plant that has two tomatoes on it, and everything looks good," she said, "but I'll be watching."
Everything is for a season... |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/4/2009 7:20 AM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/4/2009 7:22 AM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
hmmm somthing that cant harm humans ok so lets eat these infected tomatos? and stop there rapid evil killing of other tomatos that is all |
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coolhandluke74
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7/4/2009 7:24 AM
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Everything is for a season... |
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coolhandluke74
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7/5/2009 5:38 AM
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Everything is for a season... |
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FallenAwaken
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7/5/2009 5:41 AM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
DEAD SUN/DEAD WORLD...
The world is dying now at the END in here..
However...
It has ALWAYS BEEN DEAD..And that is the point to understand..This is the PAST..
The MASK/LIE is just coming off..AGAIN..
It's like only being able to PRETEND for just so long..Or only being able to SUPPRESS A BAD MEMORY and NOT FACE something uncomfortable for just so long..
What you SUPPRESS..Always comes to the SURFACE sooner or later..One way or another.. |
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Hillcrest
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7/5/2009 5:43 AM
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crap |
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FallenAwaken
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7/5/2009 5:49 AM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
IF we continue to SINK..It will just all get WORSE..
Either WE STAND UP..OR THEY DO..
Will this SHIP SINK?..Will the LIGHT/SUN go out?..
WE have begun SINKING..Will we TURN this SHIP AROUND and STAND UP?..
Or will the usual FATE of this EVIL place and EVIL SOURCE win AGAIN?..
It is much like a LIGHT BULB that gets HOTTER and HOTTER until it POPS!..BLOWS!...
ICY SUN with FROSTY GLOW..The WALL OF SLEEP..
The CONVERSION has begun.. |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/5/2009 9:54 AM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
IF we continue to SINK..It will just all get WORSE..
Either WE STAND UP..OR THEY DO..
Will this SHIP SINK?..Will the LIGHT/SUN go out?..
WE have begun SINKING..Will we TURN this SHIP AROUND and STAND UP?..
Or will the usual FATE of this EVIL place and EVIL SOURCE win AGAIN?..
It is much like a LIGHT BULB that gets HOTTER and HOTTER until it POPS!..BLOWS!...
ICY SUN with FROSTY GLOW..The WALL OF SLEEP..
The CONVERSION has begun.. Quoting: FallenAwaken 718502
Tomato =Heart stain= blubbery = tota luna la loonica |
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Hillcrest
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7/5/2009 1:31 PM
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what the bloody hell is happening these days everythign is starting to fall like dominos. |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/5/2009 1:33 PM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
So what does it look like? The reason I ask is I have tomatoe plants outside and also inside a greenhouse.... I have noticed a eggplant next to the ones outside looks weird.... |
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The Chef
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7/5/2009 1:44 PM
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It has been much cooler and very wet here in the east. So that contributes. My tomato plants have been doing very well but they didn't come from a store I grew them from seeds 100% organic. This year has seen many GMO crop failures all over the world and one can't help but wonder if some of this hasn't been planned to create some kind of famine or at least make the prices go sky high. |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/5/2009 1:45 PM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 711906
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Anonymous Coward
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7/5/2009 1:48 PM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
My tomato plants are doing very well for all the rain and lack of sun.
I have put them in a very well drained and composted place in my yard that gets SHADE for half the day. They grow a little slower but it beats the last 3 yrs of having them burnt to crisp by the end of July!! In the last few days with little rain and more sun they have started to really take off.
Long Island NY |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/5/2009 1:51 PM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
My tomato plants so far are unaffected. |
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^TrInItY^ 
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7/5/2009 1:52 PM
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Every tomato I cut open this year has black shit inside it
same with my neighbors
shame shame
We're on the East cost....
Last Edited by ^TrInItY^ on 7/5/2009 at 1:54 PM
Few will listen,
Of the few who listen, fewer still will understand,
Understanding does not mean believe,
Of the handful who believe, most may not know what to do,
Those who even know, how many will actually do ?
And the rare ones who have done it.......
Need not listen to you anymore.
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mr...bojangles
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7/5/2009 1:57 PM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
I`ve noticed a lot of fungus around trees as well....
and then the fungus kills the tree....
I know it has something to do with chemtrails....
cause chemtrails contain fungus spores....
it most likely is part of the chemtrail agenda....
kill all plants that are not gmo.... |
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Lens Flare
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!
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7/5/2009 2:01 PM
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Every tomato I cut open this year has black shit inside it
same with my neighbors Quoting: ^TrInItY^
Tell me I read that right.. 
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^TrInItY^
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7/5/2009 2:02 PM
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Tell me I read that right..
hahaah
ok black "rot"
Few will listen,
Of the few who listen, fewer still will understand,
Understanding does not mean believe,
Of the handful who believe, most may not know what to do,
Those who even know, how many will actually do ?
And the rare ones who have done it.......
Need not listen to you anymore.
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Anonymous Coward
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7/5/2009 2:08 PM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
Every tomato I cut open this year has black shit inside it
same with my neighbors
Tell me I read that right..
yup he cut open his neighbours and they had black rot in side too! |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/5/2009 2:13 PM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
My tomatoes are fine
Baltimore |
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refugee13
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7/5/2009 2:15 PM
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just great!!!
"Livin' The Dream..."
"Don't believe in anyone, 'cos they'll feel you so much more"
"So break me down if it makes you feel right~and hate me now if it keeps you alright~you can't break me down if it takes all your might~cause I'm so much more than meets the eye..."
"Some people would bitch if their ice cream was cold..."
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7/5/2009 2:18 PM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
gmo |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/5/2009 2:24 PM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
NW Va. here.this time last year i had full grown pumpkins,carrotts,onions and green beans.This year i planted beans 2 times and only have 3 plants growing with no beans.Everything is way behind and a lot of stuff never came up.Something is really wrong here. |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/5/2009 2:27 PM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
And so it begins... |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/5/2009 2:28 PM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
Every tomato I cut open this year has black shit inside it
same with my neighbors
shame shame
We're on the East cost.... Quoting: ^TrInItY^
YEP! No tomatoes from our gardens this year. We're in the NE. |
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Anonymous Coward
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7/5/2009 2:35 PM | | Re: Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard | Quote |
where the FUCK did that come from? |
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The Chef
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7/5/2009 2:37 PM
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he earliest and most widespread case of a serious plant disease ever in the East is forcing the removal of tomato plants from stores in New York and New England. This infectious disease is called late blight, the same disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s. It does occur occasionally in the Northeast, but this year's rainy weather has accelerated the spores' airborne spread. On top of that, infected plants have been widely distributed by big-box retail stores.
According to the Associated Press, the disease is not harmful to humans, but it is quite contagious. It is most likely spread on garden center shelves to plants that were not involved in the initial infection. Once plants reach gardens, both home and commercial ones, the disease can also spread.
A big dip in the jet stream in the Northeast region has sent persistent rounds of showers and storms from the Great Lakes to New England and part of the mid-Atlantic in recent weeks. Conditions worsened this past week as strong disturbances squeezed out extra rain, extensive cloud cover and abnormally low temperatures.
New England has been hardest hit with Boston receiving nearly half of its normal July rainfall in the first two days of the month. Flooding and travel disruptions occurred late last week throughout much of New England.
New York City had its second wettest June on record with just over 10 inches of rain falling.
There will be a brief break from the extensive unsettled weather across most of New England on today, but spotty showers or storms could still impact northern parts of New Hampshire and Maine. More widespread showers and storms will return to New York and New England early in the upcoming week as a disturbance pushes across the region.
Tomato plants have been removed from Home Depot, Wal-Mart and Kmart stores in all of New England and New York, the areas that have been the wettest. Other cases, although not as widespread as in New England, have been found in almost every other East Coast state with the exception of Georgia.
If this becomes a widespread problem with large crops and negatively impacts commercial growers, it could force prices of tomatoes and other vegetables to rise, so that growers can cover costs of treating the late blight.
The overall weather pattern in recent weeks also favors the formation of mold and "black spot" fungus on certain flowers and vegetable plants. The cloudy, cool, rainy weather is bad enough. However, when the rain falls during the evening, it fails to evaporate on the leaves, which in turn promotes the fungus. This is why the best time of the day to water is during the early morning when the weather is dry. This allows the moisture to get to the roots, while evaporating off the leaves before problems begin.
While the application of fungicide can help prevent the spread of black spot, removal of the infected leaves or the entire plant may be necessary.
AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski contributed to the content of this story.
[link to www.accuweather.com] |
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The Chef
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7/5/2009 2:41 PM
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Growing has also been influenced by this
One of the reasons for this could be colder-than-normal weather across the northern tier of the country that has suppressed the number of thunderstorms and has significantly reduced the number of tornadoes this year. The number of reported tornadoes so far this year is 685, just over half of the average annual amount, which is 1,297.
According to Long Range Expert Joe Bastardi, areas from the northern Plains into the Northeast will have a "year without a summer." The jet stream, which is suppressed abnormally south this spring, is also suppressing the number of thunderstorms that can form. The ones that do form in areas of the Ohio Valley and West are forming in places with very cold temperatures, which can lead to more electrified thunderstorms than normal this year. |
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Aquarius 7
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7/5/2009 2:41 PM
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Nice find, CHL. 5 stars.
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OneAngryMom
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7/5/2009 2:48 PM
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how many volcanoes erupted last fall/winter?
There's a clue.
Trinity....might be too late this year, but get those tomatoes pruned back some and get some garlic oil sprayed on them. Treat the soil with Epsom Salt water. Get rid of all the ripe tomatoes (even on the ground)....keep them away from the main plant(s).
Are your tomato leaves okay or are they yellow?
If it's really severe, put black landscape paper around the plants on the ground so any part of the vine touching the ground doesn't contaminate.
You MIGHT be able to save em....it's early enough, but it'll take 3-4 weeks for them to come back if they're gonna. |
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