How do I stop tomato blight?

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I'm not sure you can get rid of it completely (it usually gets started by water splashing back onto the plant when getting watered or raining)---  you can help by not watering top to bottom meaning using  drip irrigation etc. instead of a sprinker----Using different types of mulch also helps keep the splashing of water back up on the leaves will also help  as well as having well drained soil

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