Aloha & attacks Mountain Merit and all the tomatoes this winter and spring here in Mountain View. Alternaria solani causes diseases on foliage (early blight), basal stems of seedlings (collar rot), stems of adult plants (stem lesions), and fruits (fruit rot) of tomato. Early blight is the most destructive of these diseases and hence receives considerable attention in breeding. For over 60 years, breeding for early blight resistance has been practiced, but the development of cultivars with high levels of resistance has been hampered by the lack of sources of strong resistance in the cultivated tomato and by the quantitative expression and polygenic inheritance of the resistance. In some accessions of wild species, high levels of early blight resistance have been found, but breeding lines still have unfavorable horticultural traits from the donor parent. Recently, the first linkage maps with loci controlling early blight resistance have been developed based on interspecific crosses. These maps may facilitate marker-assisted selection. This overview presents the current knowledge about the A. solani-tomato complex with respect to its biology, genetics, and breeding.
How honest of you to offer free tomatoes to those who tried the two varieties of doomed tomatoes. Lots of guys would have tried to put up a good front on RU-vid. I bought a pack of Mountain Merit tomato seeds from Johnny's after your reply comments to me in mid February. I sowed only one seed on 4/3 and it sprouted six days later. Today I transplanted the seedling to a 5 gallon bucket, only half filled. The container will be filled as the tomato grows. I'm using potting soil mixed with 7-6-9 fertilizer. My plants are not affected by rain, but only by my overwatering. I live in West Hawaii at 1,500 ft elevation. I have a covered balcony garden so the rain does not affect any plants. But I only get four hours of direct sun daily. Tomatoes grow, but very slowly, taking 2x longer to harvest as compared to the package labeling. I'll get back to you later to tell you if my Mountain Merit tomato has survived. I'm trying to plant only disease resistant vegetables. Got any recommendations for disease resistant cucumbers? Powdery mildew has sickened my Spacemaster and beit alpha cucumbers. I'm going to try Spacemaster 80 next.
Hey Bill , hope all is well with you and yours, could you recommend a good all around fertilizer that could be used with drip irrigation? I’d be using an injector and the brands that the companies like Hoss, and others sell are extremely expensive, wondering if you had a recommendation that doesn’t break the bank. Thanks Bill
Sorry I never use water soluble through injection. The types of soluble fertilizers used in this type of system are generally professional stuff in big bags. Com. Buy the largest container possible and create good storage. Since this isn't the sort of thing with average consumer appeal, the prices mostly reflect costs, not advertising. The bulk price of fertilizer has risen due to Russian hostilities. Not a lot you can do there. Consider doing your own nutrient mixing. Perhaps things are cheaper separate.
Bill I’m curious, how long do your peppers last? I have overwintered them here in Napa to have them successfully produce a small crop the following year. BTW I remember that third famous Jersey tomato- Ramapo. So the three are Morton, Ramapo, and Rutgers. I promise you they were so good, it may be worth a try for you to get a few seeds.
Most of our peppers are Capsicum annuum. This means they are of annual genetics. Even if they do not freeze off the annuum types are not good for much in the second year. They become nematode infested and begin passing away. there are perennial peppers in C. chinense, c. pubesens, c. frutesens and in c. baccatum. C. baccatum lives for years here. Some of the chinense do too.
Tomato is generally grown in houses here. There is less trouble with the rain that way. The trade off is any pests that get in are like a fart in a space station, hard to remove. I can be stubborn, I insist there are tomatoes that grow out doors around here. I figure the right genetics is all I need. I have come very close. The two I am growing right now make nice crops with a bit of neem or copper in cold wet weather. When I take a risk is when trouble shows up.
@@heyyou4023 Copper is generally less reactive with plants than sulfur. Sulfur can burn. Plants with hairy leaves often grab too much spray and hold it.
@@brandonallen9853 Plants with felty leaves don't care for wet conditions. Plants with smooth leaves do much better. Plants with point leaf tips and central grooves are even better yet. They naturally drain.
