Attention home gardeners: Wet weather alert

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Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is a serious plant disease that affects tomato and potato around the world. It can be responsible for major garden and crop loss. This disease has been identified in tomatoes being sold in home garden centers in New Jersey and other northeastern states. If you or your friends, family or neighbors purchased tomato plants from “big box” stores, your plants may be infected with this disease. Please read our gardener alert (first item under What’s New) on the Jersey Tomato page: http://www.njfarmfresh.rutgers.edu/JerseyTomato.html

Webinar announcement: On Thursday, July 2 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., vegetable specialists from Rutgers University and Cornell University will be holding a webinar on Late blight and other important diseases of tomato will for interested homeowners, master gardeners and extension personnel in the Northeast. All are invited to log-on by clicking on the following link at 7:30 on Thursday evening. https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=783&password=M.0F6AA3BB4AF839F512A8243F881332.
Further instructions for participating in the webinar are included at the end of the gardener alert.

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