News stories tagged with "late-blight"

(07/04/11) Got a little space left in the garden? Cornell Cooperative extension horticulturist Amy Ivy says there's still time -- just -- to plant summer crops like bush beans and zucchini. She has advice on pruning tomatoes now, and an update on late blight, which has been confirmed on Long Island. And Amy tells Martha Foley she's starting cosmos and zinnias now, too.

(08/02/10) The tomato plants in the garden are growing like they're never going to stop - and if it weren't for frost, they probably wouldn't. Martha Foley talks with horticulturalist Amy Ivy of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Clinton and Essex counties about caring for tomato plants mid-summer, including early blight, late blight and when to pinch off new blossoms and green growth.

(06/28/10) Growers are nervous this summer as they hope late blight won't resurface in the North Country. The disease devastated tomato and potato crops across the Northeast last summer. David Sommerstein talks with Amy Ivy, horticulturalist for the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Clinton and Essex counties, for the latest on late blight. She says gardeners are confusing the disease with early blight and other, more common, diseases.

(04/05/10) It was in the 80s and 90s across the North Country this past weekend. Some eager gardeners were no doubt out in the vegetable patch, planting the earliest of early crops, like spinach and peas. It won't be long till the planting season is underway in earnest. And there's an important question lingering from last year: what about late blight?

Horticulturist Amy Ivy assures Martha Foley there are no worries about tomatoes carrying the disease over the winter, but potatoes are another story.

(09/02/09) One of the quintessential tastes of late summer, a juicy, perfectly ripe garden tomato, is hard to come by this year. This year a tomato blight swept across the Northeast and it's moving into Midwestern gardens and farms. Julie Grant reports. more

(08/03/09) Martha Foley gets an update from horticulturist Amy Ivy on late blight disease, which kills the foliage of tomato and potato plants. And they talk about summer pruning.

(07/20/09) Martha Foley and horticulturist Amy Ivy talk about Late Blight, a disease that hits tomatoes and potatoes, harvesting garlic and lilies.

(07/13/09) Amy Ivy gives an update on late blight. And, with so much rain, plants may need more nitrogen. She has tips on how to tell and what to do.

(06/29/09) Martha Foley and horticulturist Amy Ivy talk about concerns that Late Blight - the same devastating disease that was responsible for the Irish potato famine - is spreading through plants from bigbox and other retailers in the North Country.