"A lot of white oaks get blight, but I have never seen a blight on this tree," Dr. Gouin said.
Many first-time growers are put off every year when their tomatoes get blight, at which point it's all over.
He found they were much less likely to get blight, and had significantly lower levels of damage when they did, if they had mycelia.
"We really work hard at enforcing our local zoning laws, to ensure that property doesn't get blighted, so that people take pride in their community.
The second year, the apples got fire blight, a disease that makes the trees look as if fire has been set to their branches.
Hughes explains that "150 years after the Irish potato famine, we still haven't got [potato blight] cracked.
Lacking a built-in off switch, it tumoured its way to about 400,000 words before I finally got the blighter wrestled to the ground and tied off.
Maybe they get the blight, maybe they don't.
Pagoda dogwoods do tend to get twig blight, especially if stressed by drought.
