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Stopping Tomato Blight & Boosting Peppers in Upstate NY

Annual blight + 60-day stall = wet leaves + no rotation. Fixes: rotate 3+ years (or replace soil yearly). Grow under plastic tunnel—keeps leaves dry. Space widely, stake, remove lower leaves. Basil helps insects, not blight.

Peppers need K (greensand) + P (bonemeal/rock dust) + 8hr sun. Tunnels help both. Newspaper mulch unproven but harmless. Beets need lime + P.

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