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Originally Posted by airconednightmare
no explanation of why exactly they expect it to be a thing of the past?
the spores are there now, regardless of where they came from 
it's a bit like some bloke in london in 1665 saying, 'well we think plague came from continental europe last year so we should be fine next year' |
Exactly! The article goes on to state:
“I don’t care where you are,” said Clark, of Clark Greenhouse on Hop City Road. “If it’s in the air you’re going to get it. It’ll travel for miles as the wind blows.”
Last fall, gardeners were encouraged to dispose of bad plants. Those who did shouldn’t have to worry this year, said Sue Beebe, of Saratoga County Cornell Cooperative Extension.
“The big key is to make sure that people have cleaned up their gardens of old debris,” she said. “If you cleaned up and got rid of everything, you’re not going to see the same kind of effects.”
To minimize the threat, people should rotate their crops and put new tomato plants in a different section of their garden this spring, she said. People should put other crops such as corn, radishes or lettuce where tomatoes were before.
“It shouldn’t be nearly as much of a problem this year,” said Dorothy Eggleston, of Binley’s Florist in Queensbury. “There’s a lot of attention being paid to it.”