![]() ![]() So what can be done to stop the problem occurring? Prevention is the best option, since no cure exists. If a plant is infected then it’s just a matter of damage limitation – getting what crop you can. For tomatoes there is usually little that can be done. Once a potato plant is infected it is important to quickly cut down all the plant which is above soil level, to prevent the disease traveling down into the potato tubers where it can make them inedible and rot in storage. That’s why 2007 was such a bad year for blight in the UK as the unusually wet and humid conditions aided the rapid production of the spores, furthered by rain washing them into the soil from infected leaves. Blight only spreads under warm humid conditions and the spread of blight each year doesn’t usually begin until a ‘Smith Period’ has taken place – defined as two consecutive days of temperatures above 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius) and humidity above 90% for eleven hours or more. Infected plants left lying on vegetable patches, or plants growing from infected tubers can both be sources of infection. There used to be only one strain of blight but in recent years a second strain has developed and the two types can mate, which is worrying since the resulting spores can over-winter, although this has rarely been seen in practice. The early signs can be hard to spot, although brown patches on the leaves and stems quickly appear (see above picture). So what causes it and what are the best ways to tackle it?īlight is a fungal disease which spreads through spores blown by winds from one area to another, rapidly spreading the infection. Although it is commonly associated with potatoes, blight also affects some other members of the Solanaceae family of plants, the most common of which is tomatoes. Probably the most common plant disease, blight can wreck whole crops in a matter of a few weeks, as it did so devastatingly during the Irish potato famine in the 1840s where 1 million people died and a further 1 million emigrated. Here’s what you need to know about Mazie Hirono:ġ.It’s around this time of year that gardeners start to look forward to a bumper crop of potatoes but for those who have grown them before there is always the worry that the harvest will be spoiled by blight. I just want to say to the men in this country: Just shut up and step up. “Guess who’s perpetuating all of these kinds of actions?” Hirono asked. ![]() ![]() Hirono doesn’t pull her punches - like when she recently said the “men in this country” are causing trouble and they need to hurry up and fix things. Not this seat of the pants stuff, and the latest being a letter from the chairman to the Democrats saying we have done everything we can to contact her-that is such bullshit I can hardly stand it.” I would like to have us come together and figure out what is the best way to proceed. In discussing the planning for the Kavanaugh hearing, Hirono told ABC News, “We’re not consulted at all. Hirono doesn’t pull her punches - and her phrases are often laced with profanity. In recent days, the 70 year old Hirono has been making headlines because of her brash comments about Brett Kavanaugh and the allegations that he sexually assaulted Christine Ford when they were in high school. Mazie Hirono is the junior US Senator from Hawaii. ![]()
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