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Originally posted by planetaryplayer in my moms garden i grew pumpkins and after a few seasons vine boring bugs came in and destroyed most of the fruit, but root vegetables work well there. i don't think we've ever had anything that wasn't an insect/bird/rodent as a pest. the yields were lower and the tomatoes were busting up on the stems of the fruit.

I don't recall my grandmother complaining too much beyond the usual suspects when it came to insects (e.g., potato bugs, aphids, leaf munching worms), but I am sure if I really got into gardening and paid closer attention, I would find something more "exotic". Fungal spores that can survive a nuke just aren't fair. Nature creates some crazy shit.

does it effect all crops or is it tomato specific?

Last edited by planetaryplayer on Apr-22-2021 at 15:02

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Originally posted by planetaryplayer does it effect all crops or is it tomato specific?

To my knowledge, it only affects tomatoes. At least it doesn't seem to impact anything else we grow here (sweet corn, "Irish" potatoes, runner green beans, squash, zucchini).

https://extension.umn.edu/diseases/early-blight-tomato

that site has some good info in it. ill rotate all the crops this year just in case. everything is pretty much stationary from year to year. id like to think that the weather last year wasn't as ideal but it could be a pest