One thing I found that kills the fungus in the soil is simple, cheap and non-toxic, “Cornmeal”. I live in the northwest and I put in a raised bed. When I planted tomato starts as well as other types of plants they would die within a few days. I researched it and found that there was a fungus in the soil, so I looked for something to treat it with, but I was told that it would have to run it’s course and may take about 3 years. I found something on the internet that said cornmeal would take care of it. So I mixed some into the soil and didn’t have a problem after that with blight or black spot. I also had a severe problem with powdery mildew and black spot on my roses. I mixed it into the soil around the base of the roses and didn’t have a problem after that.

Short, clear and to-the-point! Excellent! Thank you!

I get 200-300 tomatoes a year and thought I knew everything, but I still learned some things from this video. 👍

Oh my goodness thank you you got right to the point I was sitting on a bucket in my garden and didn't want to have to watch a long KZfaq happen onto your channel thank you

by far the best video on this topic; and the bit about distinguishing septoria leaf spot from early blight was perfect. you made it "click" for me. thank you!

My tomatoes have the blight because of too much rain. I was able to removed the disease leaves early on so it slowed down the infection. The fruits started ripening but I am not going to have an abundant harvest because of the wet weather we are having. Your suggestion to removed the disease leaves was spot on. Thanks.

I love how you explain things. Even though I know a bit about growing a garden and know there are different kinds of blight but you make it stick in my brain and the names of the blights and, well, you are just very good at explaining things.

First year gardener and I found black spots all over my tomato plants already. This video was better than any article I found! Thank you so much!

Agree with other commenters. Good instructions for those who love their tomatoes!!

Thanks for the "spot on" info about my tomatoes this year. This year in W.V. it seems it is raining off and on each and every day and the humidity is killing me and my plants. I have never had such a horrible time growing tomatoes. Thanks again for the info.

Thank you, I live in Southern Illinois and have been getting early blight/septoria every year, I thought I was doing something wrong but I see now that the humidity is always going to be a problem for tomatoes here, at least I know how to extend the plants life now! Thanks!

Thorough and comprehensive, lacking verbiage, which makes a nice change from those professing to possess knowledge. A well earned new subscriber, incidently! Thanks for uploading.

Thank you. Will now be able to address early blight here in CT.

awesome, this is truly some of the best info I've seen on YT...all the conjured up remedies "this product and that" never fix anything...so listen to this fella!

Great video! Short, simple, to the point, and covers most of the material!

I know what I need to do now. Thank you for posting this video👍

This was straight to the point, and very informative. Out of all of the videos i searched up last year, i couldnt identify between the two illnesses. This video tells me that my tomato plants had the septoria leaf spot. Gratitude sent to your sister michigander in northeast oakland county. May your gardens harvest be abundant and healthy.

Excellent video. Please continue posting. This video was concise and extremely informative. Thank you

Stumbled your channel, glad I did. Good stuff.

I’m pleased I found this channel! Great information!

Subscribed! I've been gardening for quite a few years, but somethings you forget along the way. I'm dealing with blight right and have some neem oil. I'm watching this at 9:30 at night and want to get out there in the garden to apply some neem, but have to wait till morning. Thank you, for sharing the information, hope I can stop this blight.

Best way I’ve found to water tomatoes is cut the bottom out of a plastic pop bottle, remove the cap, and jam the neck into the soil by the base of the plant. Fill the bottle with water. If the soil is muddy and jams full the neck of the bottle, it will take maybe an hour for the water to drain out which I think is ideal. Do not wet the leaves if possible You can also wet sheets of newspaper and put them around the base of the plant to keep soil from splashing up and infecting the leaves during rainfall. You can use landscape cloth spikes to hold them down As the plant grows, I cut the leaves off the bottom 1/2 of the plant

Very informative. Improved my knowledge and confidence. Thank you

Great content!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge of tomato issues and care.

This gentleman is excellent.

good stuff gary good to see someone that knows their stuff

Very very well presented and very helpful. Thanks.

I wish I'd watched this before planting 😁 Thankyou so much for taking the time to share your wisdom and teaching me without the waffle some sharers subject us to! You've got my follow, thankyou so much from the UK x

The ladies at church are firm, “never put tomatoes to sleep with wet feet!” Water before noon, trim the infected leaves.

Thanks Gary. Very well done and informative.

Thank you so very much for your simple and easy to follow teaching. I live in Cape Breton Nova Scotia and need lots of advice for my tomatoes and fruit trees! I am a newbie to growing food

We have a major issue with tomato blight here in FL. Thank you, Gary.

Good job on this video. I appreciate the tips at the end. It's been very humid and rainy this year for me and all my Tomatoes now have it.

Thank you, Gary!!

I am growing WVU's septoria leaf spot and light blight resistant tomato cultivars Mountaineer Pride (a slicer) and Mountaineer Delight (a beefsteak) this year. They were developed by professors Mannon Gallegly and Mafuz Rahman just recently. So far, in north central West Virginia's humid summer, they are doing very well, carrying a full load of leaves and fruit. I gently pruned the plants, applied a mulch and staked them. The seed can be purchased at Southern Exposure Seed Exchange.

Excellent video and most helpful. Thank you so much !

Awesome information 😊. I tried a new gardening method this year (square foot gardening) and it's the first time I'm dealing with early blight. So far its only in one of the beds but im happy to know that i can prevent its spread. I'm in NC, so it's always humid

Thank you so much, Gary. Great information presented in an understandable and concise format. Much appreciated. God Bless!

Great information. Loved it. Thank you sir.👍

Excellent video. Very helpful

We are getting a lot of rain in Western NC this year and don't have time to trim the tomato plants because of all the thunder and lighting. We have few days with high temperatures and high humidity which has given us blight. Thank you for this video.

What an exceptionally well done, concise video! Subscribed!

Thank you brother Gary 👊🏻🙏🏼

Gary. Legend mate. Good info well spoken.

Great video ever! Thank you my brother.

Another GREAT video! Thank you!

Thank you very much, exactly our issues in central fl.

Thanks Gary..

Thank you for your video.. very helpfull..

I got copper sulphate to treat my grapes, so now, I can do my tomatoes too! THANK YOU!

Excellent! Wish I had seen this a month ago.

Gary, th an you for the excellent tip.

I just discovered your channel today and I love your videos!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. I just discovered an interest in growing plants this year and it’s so helpful to find your answers here.

Great video straight to the

Very informative. Thank You.

Excellent info! Thanks

Your video was very helpful! Thank you.

I know it's an older video, but thank you for the info. I'm relatively new to growing tomatoes, and was wondering what was going on.

Thank you for the tips!

Thank you Gary

Great video. Very informative. Thank you.

Great info sir. Thank you.

Thanks so much for this educational video

Good information, thanks

This is very helpful. Thank you!

Great video. Thank you!

Thank you. Very informative. Personally, I found the background music to be annoying, unnecessary and distracting.

thanks gary...hear in florida its a no stop fight. nothing works 100% but i keep trying

Thank you, very helpful!

Thanks for your info.

Excellent.

That you for the wonderful information.

Good video and to the point - thank you.

Thank you ! I love gardening, but when it comes to insects and diseases time after time I feel like giving up !

Always fight the blight in The Smoky Mountains and glad to find your information. I came across an article from Univ of R I suggesting aspirin in the planting hole. I have done this for 10 years after my first encounter with late blight and total loss of the crop. I don’t know if it helps but I see the different tomato diseases needing an all out approach from leaf picking, plant spacing of 54”, cages, and fungicide application on a regular basis. I will add need oil and copper sulfate to my Arsenal. Thank you. Cant wait to see what you suggest for late blight prevention. Oh, I also take all tomato plant residue to a remote spot and keep it our of the compost .

I place cardboard around the base of the tomatoes to stop splash up I never wet the plant only the cardboard water soaks through too much water tomatoes split and the cardboard slows down this down

Thanks for the info!

great video. Thanks

Great video!

Thank you very informative in a organized manner. It won’t help me tho I’ve been battling this disease for years now…..getting ready to quit soon.

Thanks good information

Thanks a lot! Very informative. 🍅🍅🍅

Great advice ty

Great ,Thank you,,

great video

thank u love the info!

Great video. I learned a lot

GreatInfo....thanks!

Good video, thanks much.

great video thank you

Hey Gary, Thanks for the info. There is a guy in Maryland, "The Rusted Garden", who has had great results with Hydro. Prox. h2o2. 8oz.ofh2o2 to a gallon of water he sprays to prevent and to stop the spread of all fungal diseases.

It's crazy, I moved from N Florida to Southern Kansas, and my tomatoes act completely different here. I never fought against blight like I do here, and it's constant. My girlfriend here was adamant about planting 3 Better Boys in a tote (holes drilled for drainage). I told her they will not do well that close together. They are my best producers. I'm confoozed! Just a little leave curl was all. But my other potted cherry tomatoes and Beefsteaks, I'm in a nonstop battle with fungus. I have sprinkled baking soda in the pot soil, sprayed calcium with a Lil vinegar on the leaves, then next week used fungicide. But, it's the first I ever potted tomatoes. Next year, I will plant in raised compost because the soil is poor here without lots of work. The rains here are different than Florida, and I think my problem to readjust. I'm ready for next year ;). My potted soil was a mixture of black cow (prefer black hen), potting soil, humus, spagma, and some sterile compost.

Thought I had blight, turns out I have spots, so getting onto it. Thanks bro. #excellent video

Thank you! ♥

good video thank you

What is wrong w/my comment, YT? You won't let me post it- PLEASE STOP- Nothing breaks your TOS: I just now discovered your channel & this video. Thank you- This information is quite helpful.

Wonderfully clear video. Thank you! Could you clarify how to use the combination of Neem Oil and Copper Sulphate - ratio and any details - for tomato leaf spot / blight.

Thanks!

I’ve been using “Serenade”. and it takes care of most of these diseases including Blight...

Daconil actually works. Having the plants staked, and deleafed up about a foot and open and in direct sunlight at sunrise helps a lot.