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Blight Pocket Check £6.95
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Blight Pocket Check
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The Blight Pocket Check is a handy way to identify diseases early and protect yields of tomatoes or potatoes; simply take a small sample of leaf or stem, put it into the bottle of liquid, shake and then add 2 drops onto a test device for a negative/positive result in 3-5 minutes. (2 x single use tests).

• Enough for 2 x single use tests

See below for comments from the gardening media about this product...

What the press say...

Not sure what those nasty brown splotches on your potato or tomato leaves means? Identifying plant diseases can be a tricky but a testing kit will let you know whether your plants are blight-free. Just take a small piece of leaf or stem from the potatoes or tomato foliage, put it into the bottle of liquid provided and shake well. In two to three minutes use the pipette to add two drops from the bottle to the test device. It will provide you with a positive or negative result no more than five minutes later.
Grow Your Own magazine, August 2009

Dreaded by grow-your-owners, late blight is a disease which is characterised by brown patches on the leaves, stems, tubers and fruits of potato and tomato plants... caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans which is spread to the crop by wind and rain, and causes rapid collapse and decay. Thankfully, there is now a way you can check for it before it takes hold... simple to use - take a small piece of an affected leaf or stem, drop it into the bottle of liquid and give it a shake. After 30 seconds, drip some of the liquid onto the test device using a pipette to view the result. Kits
GYO News, July 2009

On Test: Blight Pocket Check - One way to prevent blight is to look out for early signs of it, remove any infected plant material and start spraying the remaining plants with Dithane 945. However, identifying blight can be tricky. In the past, the only way to be sure was to send plant material to a test lab. This new test kit allows the disease to be identified in minutes.

To use the kit, you tear a small piece of what you think may be infected leaf, add it to a liquid, shake, then add a couple of drops onto the kit. We were impressed with the instructions and the kit itself. The technology behind it was developed by The Food and Environment Research Agency, who have developed a range of other kits such as one for pepino mosaic virus, widely used by farmers and growers. It's not cheap as each kit can only be used once, but it may help reduce your chemical use. Our Verdict: A handy product for the very keen veg grower.
Which? Gardening magazine, June 2009

This new device can check if blight spores are present on your tomatoes or potatoes. You simply take a sample of leaf or stem and put it into the bottle of liquid, shake and then add two drops onto the test device for a negative or positive result in 3-5 minutes.
Kitchen Garden magazine, June 2009
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