can I use my tomato cages from last year if I had blight?

[sheeshshe]

it was early blight. do I disinfect them or do I need completely toss them or what exactly is the protocol?

[applestar]

There was a thread about that last year. Don't have time to look for it now, but some keywords are bleach and ummm.... Blowtorch? some kind of flame or fire -- to sterilize them, I mean.

[sheeshshe]

Ok, maybe I"ll just pitch them and get stakes

[veteran]

There was a thread about that last year. Don't have time to look for it now, but some keywords are bleach and ummm.... Blowtorch? some kind of flame or fire -- to sterilize them, I mean.

I don't know, weren't those words "bleach", "blowtorch", "possible zombie apocalypse", "RUN"

But in all seriousness.. doesn't bleach fix everything?

[TZ -OH6]

99.9% of people don't bother disinfecting their cages. Early blight spores are going to blow in from the surrounding area anyway.

[DoubleDogFarm]

You may think about spraying them down with vinegar.

Don't throw away perfectly good cages.


Eric

[nes]

If my memory serves blight lasts in the soil not on metal.

keep the cages, move the tomatoes.

[gardenvt]

I bleach all of my cages/tomato ladders/stakes AND all of my containers whether we had a problem or not.

Moving them or using fresh soil in containers is a must if you have any diseases.

[mansgirl]

I never have.

[applestar]

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound like it's hopeless. I was hoping the keywords will help you look for that thread where there was a pretty in depth discussion to draw a conclusion from.

Still don't have time to look.

[bcallaha]

I don't do anything special with my stakes or cages, but I do rotate my plantings from year to year. I'm sure it woudn't hurt to take the extra precaution of sanitizing the cages, but I wouldn't throw them away.

Brad

[sheeshshe]

still haven't had time to look iether and still haven't done anything BAH!