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Northeast tomatoes suffer from late blight
June 25, 2012 The late blight pathogen is giving tomato growers quite a headache again as the disease hit tomato patches in the Northeast of the country. In a stretch ranging from Connecticut to New Jersey and Pennsylvania, late blight is in danger of repeating its 2009 spread where it wiped out potato and tomato crops in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. So far, the disease has hit mostly commercial fields. Still, home gardeners and greenhouse operators should keep an eye out for this infestation.
Thankfully, the recent warm weather in the Northeast has done a great deal to help slow down the blight's spread. The plant disease thrives in wet cool conditions at around the high 60s. While warm weather will slow down the disease's spread, it does not kill it.
How do you spot the disease? Keep an eye out for the appearance of brown spots on your tomato fruits. Also, check for fuzzy growth appearing on your plants' leaves' underside. Other symptoms include stems with long brown lesions and leaves turning pale. To combat this disease, use fungicides for protection or, if you are growing organically, use copper supplements.
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Garden center chains
On the Garden Center Guide you can find information of the biggest garden center chains of the US. Click on the name of the chain for more information:
- Ace
- Armstrong garden centers
- Calloway / Cornelius Nursery
- Earl May garden centers
- Green Thumb Nursery
- Houston Garden Centers
- IKEA
- Mahoney's garden center
- Meadows Farms Nurseries
- Merrifield Garden Center
- Orchard Supply Hardware
- Pasquesi Home and Gardens
- Petitti Garden Centers
- Pike Nurseries
- Sears
- Star Nursery
- Stein Garden & Gifts
Please visit this page for more information about garden center chains in the US.