Plant diseases

Early signs of tomato late blight have been found already in Maryland, and realistically, we can expect to see it again this year. Last year for American gardeners in the east, tomato blight was a disaster. Moreover, for those of us who produce our own calorie crops, the blight on potatoes was at least as serious as the loss of salsa. What can you do to make sure it doesn't happen again? The first is obviously make sure you remove all potatoes that may have sprouted again. The second is to plant resistant cultivars - in tomatoes there's some evidence that Stupice, Juliet and Matt's Wild…