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Tomato late blight

13 years ago

We have had a horrid summer with about 6 straight weeks of rain and very little warm, sunny weather. My tomatoes were doing very well early on, but after the rain they appear to have gotten late blight. I am only in my 4th year of gardening and haven't experienced this particular fungus so I didn't recognize it until noticing the spots on the actual fruit. I could not find any copper fungicide locally so I am wondering if I can just harvest the (mostly green) fruit now and salvage some. The few I have picked, a couple developed darker spots but most of them look okay. Can I just cut off the spots and use the rest and the ones without spots? Or does this disease affect the taste as well? I had a total of 42 plants, so would really like to salvage some of the harvest if at all possible. Would appreciate any advice!

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