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#293066 Aug 19th, 2009 at 05:34 PM
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Many people in this area (including a lot of farmers) had a problem with what has been called tomato blight. The plants become weak and any tomatoes that grow have ugly brownn or black spots on them. They are not edible and don't turn red. I read an article that said some of these plants came from suppliers to the Home Depot and Lowes. I grew my own from seeds but always purchase a few plant as insurance, in case mine don't grow. Anyway this year I got burned as most of our plants got the blight. My question is this: Is there anything I should do to "sterilize" the soil for next season? I will clear out all of the dead plants and clean up the garden but I"m afraid that some of the disease will remain next year. Or will our cold and snow kill it? If anyone has any ideas I would appreciate it, and thanks.


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I have heard that snow kills the spores, and that if you put the diseased plants in the compost they will continue to shed their spores as they compost. I've never heard of a way to sterilize the soil, but you could plant them in a different location next year ('rotating' your crops). There's lots of conflicting ideas out there regarding blight, but if there's one thing that everyone agrees on is that diseased plants should be totally removed and burned (or into the garbage if you can't burn).


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