Can plants be saved in a garden once late blight starts to develop?
This depends on amount of symptoms seen, type of symptoms, how early in disease development symptoms were found, environmental conditions, proximity to other gardens or farms where late blight is developing, and management steps being taken. It is more likely possible to save plants in a garden if when the first symptoms are found 1) there are very few, 2) they are on the leaves and not stems, 3) the garden has been being inspected very thoroughly on a frequent basis (preferably daily) and thus the symptoms are discovered shortly after they formed, 4) conditions are expected to be hot with no rain or lengthy dew for a prolonged period, 5) there are no nearby places with late blight that could be a source for more spores, AND 6) further development of late blight will be slowed by regularly removing affected tissue (daily cut off and bag, preferably during the day when plants are dry and there will be sunshine for several hours afterwards) and applying fungicides (minimum of weekly). Ad
