Reply To: Blight comes to Sunny Exmouth

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I live in Essex and haven’t grown tomatoes for about 3 years due to blight each year but this year I though I would try again. I had five plants, two of which were San Marzana, Italian plum tomatoes, which I have never grown before, and what a revelation! I have had so many and they were so large even though we had so much dry weather. I am busy making passata like crazy to keep up! So far the tomatoes are holding up against blight. Evidently Italian chefs only use these tomatoes for passata!! If you haven’t tried them, do give them a go next year as they make delicious bolognese sauce.