Growing juicy tomatoes in Cantabria can be a challenge due to the high humidity and rainy summers. These conditions are the perfect breeding ground for fungi like blight (mildew), which can ruin a crop in just a few days.
To prevent this, prevention is key. Make sure to plant your tomatoes in the sunniest and most ventilated area of your garden, keeping enough distance between plants for air to circulate. Staking and pruning the lower leaves are mandatory tasks.
Additionally, it is highly recommended to apply ecological preventive treatments like horsetail extract or copper after heavy rain. At La Casona de Don Venancio, we stock rustic, resistant tomato seed varieties as well as all the organic preventives you need.