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At first, hearing that the doyenne of domesticity has fallen prey to the same late blight that struck thousands of gardens might produce that "it can happen to all of us" smirk -- like when the popular high school cheerleader got a zit.
But to look at this photo gallery is heartbreaking to anyone who has ever gardened (including this journalist) or enjoyed a succulent August tomato. Martha lost 70 percent of her 50 varieties of tomatoes. Beautiful, plump fruits suddenly went leafless in July, and now look horrendous -- like an outtake from an "X-Files" episode.
It's worth surfing through her gallery for tips on how to properly stake plants or simply to see what this unusual blight looks like close-up.
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8-12-2009 @7:23AM Jim29501 said... You gotta spray those tomatoes when conditions are favorable for disease...never wet the leaves..never work plants when wet...keep good air circulation (don't plant too close together). Martha, hire me to oversee your gardens.
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8-12-2009 @10:30AM Tomato Expert said... Sounds like Tomato Hornworm to me, especially the plants going leafless within a day. Those insects have voracious appetites. I'm with Jim if Martha wants to hire us to oversee her garden. gerifit.com
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8-17-2009 @8:55PM local65 said... Tomatoes feed trough thier leaves, sorry you Guys
are all wet
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8-12-2009 @8:36PM lek said... I lost 36 plants to the blight here in central NY, it hit so quickly that there was nothing could be done, Martha probably fired her gardener.
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8-13-2009 @4:39PM Sandy said... WE GOT 2 DELICIOUS TOMATOES!!! MY HUSBAND SPENT AT LEAST $300 ON SOIL, ETC. TELLING ME HOW HE DID THIS AS A CHILD, WELL....... THE BIRD POKED HOLES IN 8 OF THEM AND THE SQUIRELLS ATE THE REST ROFL!!!!!
NEXT YEAR , WE BUY THEM! LOL
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8-18-2009 @9:45PM Carol said... Just like everyone else, I lost my whole tomato crop, about 60 plants. Everything looked great with the tomatoes, they were bushy, alot of flowers and fruit was started on most. Then I went on vacation for 8 days came back and all plants are almost dead. What a disappointment. I started all plants from seed so disease not from a store. I was so excited that they looked so good. :-(
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8-18-2009 @9:47PM Carol said... By the way I am also in Central NY in Cortland.
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8-18-2009 @9:51PM Carol said... My last comment I forgot to add that we lost our tomatoes in Central NY in Cortland,
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9-01-2009 @11:59AM Mitzie said... Yep...we are in Eastern Ohio. Everything was fine until this past weekend..and suddenly the leaves shriveled.I plan to harvest as many tomatoes as I can. Our Amish worker said his plants shriveled in July but his tomatoes continued to grow. So...you go figure. We have never had this fungus until this year.So if this fungus lives in the soil and we have not experienced the problem before...does climate change enter the picture? Our summer has been cool, rainy and overcast.
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