Preventing disease in tomatoes?
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rain every day, how can I prevent disease problems
Comments (3)I did this for my tomatoes: The roof serves both to: 1. Avoid overwatering or unplanned watering from heavy / long rains, and 2. Protect from strong sun, the recently planted seedlings / companion plants You could make a SIMPLE covered structure to avoid overwatering from rain. Also be sure to hoe often the soil. I use: â Fiskars Garden Hoe â Union Tools V-Blade Garden Hoe â Nejiri Gama Hoe â CobraHead Weeder and Cultivator As of spraying I would recommend: â Garden Safe Insecticidal Soap Insect Killer â Safer 3-in-1 Garden SprayGoogle I also like Safer Garden Dust. All three products are OMRI listed....See MorePrevention of disease in tomatoes
Comments (2)Plant in containers using sterile soil, don't plant in native soil. Put lime in the soil when you plant them for prevention of blossom end rot. I've been spraying with the 3 in one organic safe spray and only use Sevin if I suspect worm activity. I do that BEFORE I see a problem, not after. I don't use anything stronger. If lower leaves start to yellow I pull them off and dispose of them. This usually works, occasionally the safe spray isn't enough to prevent the diseases, probably because you have to retreat constantly and I forget. I would like to find out if there is something longer lasting but not harmful as far as eating the harvest....See MoreWhat should we spray tomato plants with to prevent diseases and i
Comments (2)Spray leaves (underside also) once a week with fish/seaweed emulsion (from an organic gardening store). Put a tsp or so in a spray bottle with water. Also get a good tomato food and sprinkle a capful around the base once every week or so, before watering. Or you can mix w/ water in watering can. Some people use organic tomato food, some like Miracle-Gro, Hasta-Gro, etc. This year, I also started spraying a fungicide/insecticide/miticide on everything because in recent years the entire garden gets destroyed by stink/leaf-footed bugs, spider mites, and some kind of blight or wilt. Using organic AND non-organic to cover both bases. So we'll see if this helps in the long run. But of course wait til you see signs before you start treating, and do some research to make sure of what you're dealing with. So it's not really a preventive thing, but you have to try to nip the issues in the bud before they get a lot worse....See MoreIs preventative spraying ok for disease and pests?
Comments (3)Dave, I can see spraying for tomato foliage diseases on a preventative basis, but not so much for bugs and insects unless you know they're waiting to zoom in abnd do every year. Most folks I know spray with the Ortho product b'c it's excellent at preventing tomato fungal foliage diseases, which are usually worse than the bacterial ones, for which there aren't very good products anyway. You say you think you had blight, but blight is just a general term and doesn't relate to any one specific disease. When talking about "blight" are you talking about the foliage infections that are so common for everyone or something more serious as in a systemic disease ? Try Pyrethrin to try and control the cuke beetles but the best prevention is to use floating row covers and then take them off when blossoms appear so that pollination can occur. Even if the cuke beetles transmit disease at that time you'll still have time to get fruits before plant death starts b/c it takes a good month from time of transmission until symptoms appear. Carolyn...See Moredbrown2351
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