Kellogg's Breakfast 2 yrs ago edged out Brandywine as my favorite tomato and was the first tomato ever to be able to do that! Just by a bit, but edge it, it did! I had hoped to compare KB and KBX this year, but the "permanent" marker I used washed off every plant marker except Anna Russian, so I will still be left guessing at what the difference in performance might be for me. Must be I need to learn to relax about it, because I usually even use initials to label the fruit as I pick it so I will know which one it is and if I like it and how the plant does, but the fates are laughing at me this year. :)

They are planted in a new bed built last fall and filled with top soil that was recommended to us for vegetable gardening beds. We let that settle through the winter and in the spring we tilled it and topped it off with garden top soil. I did not add additional fertilizer as the garden top soil mix had fertilizer in it. If the other two tomato plants in the bed don't look as yellow-green and do not have the black spots with yellow halos, could the problem still be specific to the soil or watering in general? I'm wondering if these two plants I bought were simply not healthy to begin with (they're both from one nursery and the others are from two other nurseries). Also, in terms of putting fertilizer on the soil - do you mean something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Jobes-09026-Vegetable-Granular-Fertilizer/dp/B002YOJDAS/ Thank you SO much for your help!

Of course it all depends on exactly what disease your plants had as there are a couple of exceptions, but most fungus and bacteria diseases don't overwinter in soil depending on where you live and your winter weather. Most require some sort of living tissue to survive on. A common practice with containers is in the spring, prior to planting, dump the container out on a tarp and mix it up well with some fresh mix ( about 1/4-1/3 new) - you are using a soil-less potting mix right? Recharge it with some fresh fertilizer, toss any root balls or root masses left in the soil, refill the containers and plant. Dave

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