After a busy year in the garden, July is usually the month by which growers can finally start to enjoy their bounties. It’s a good time to pick courgettes before they turn into marrows, get those glorious tomatoes off the vine, and harvest some early stone fruits, like nectarines and plums.
But in his gardening blog’s July entry, Monty Don said that a veg-ruining fungus can “develop very fast when the temperature is high and the air humid for 23 hours, and these conditions are becoming increasingly common in July”.
Potato blight, which has become more common in the UK as summer temperatures trend upwards, can be prevented if spotted early.
What is potato blight?
It includes fungi and fungus-like organisms that start on p...
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