Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard

CONCORD, N.H. – Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.

Late blight — the same disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s — occurs sporadically in the Northeast, but this year's outbreak is more severe for two reasons: infected plants have been widely distributed by big-box retail stores and rainy weather has hastened the spores' airborne spread.

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How are your veggies fairing this growing season?  Better, same or worse than last year?

Coming soon, we tally up our June Harvest - what about you - care to weigh in?  Because of the cooler than normal June I am suspecting the tally will be on the low side.