A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion New Members just new and have some questions

Hi there. Really glad to find a site with one of my favorite things to do, Gardening. I live in Southern Ontario near Kingston.
Last year my garden was a disaster. We had a very cold summer and we had a lot of rain. My tomatoes, squash and cukes all got a blight. I have read the posts about what to do about blight for tomatoes and I think what I will do is find another place for my tomatoes for now. I have two veggie gardens. One is for herbs and berries and the other is a huge garden for veggies. The one thing I need to know is if you had a tomatoe blight, can you plant other veggies there. I was told nothing except perhaps flowers can be planted where the blight was present for two years. The other question is can I use horse manure instead of cow. I just find horse manure less weady. I have horses so the compost is free.
Any help would be great and I look fwd to looking at this sight and perhaps adding my gardening tips.
Thanks so much
Kelly

Welcome to the forum.....

We have a forum devoted to tomatoes...if you ask your question there more of our tomato experts will see it and give you some answers.

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Cindy

Hi and welcome to a fellow Canadian and horse owner

I wouldn't plant in where there is blight for a couple years, even though our cold winters can kill bight spores, sometimes not. I'd treat the soil this year and wait til next to try again.
Oh and you can use horse manure also as long as it is aged, not fresh it'll burn your plants.