As soon as we got some colder weather, the tomato diseases activated again. The blight is now spreading even faster than before, and it will be hard to stop. The rain brought us first fogs, and they are usually death for our tomatoes, especially when we have relatively high afternoon temperatures right after the fog (27°C/80°F).

So far I was able to prevent the late blight from spreading to the fruits, but now there’s no way to stop it. The fruits are also getting infected, especially the ones that are on the top of the garden, which gets less sun during the day. 

Because of the fair number of tomatoes that are still healthy I had no other choice but to pull the infected ones out. There’s no more time for them to grow other fruits and the only thing they will do is infect the healthy tomatoes. 

The good thing about moving the infected tomatoes is that the cabbages will now have more room to grow, and they will be ready for harvest sooner.

Although the top tomato bed is badly infected, the bottom bed that was previously badly infected is now fairly healthy, and the fruits are turning red without any signs of diseases. There are even a couple of tomatoes that are on the floor and they are still growing without any issues.

Hopefully, there will be enough sunny days for all of the tomatoes to turn red, if not I will have to harvest them while they are green and leave them on the balcony to ripe. 

I guess it’s time to turn our brain settings to autumn mode and start preparing the garden for autumn and winter.