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Crop Rotation

To everyone who made suggestions:
        I have one raised bed 4 x 20' long with a trellis along the long NE
side.  Last year my tomatoes got a blight, so I know the soil is
contaminated.  I have read that solarizing only sterilizes the top 4" or so
of soil, and disturbing below that depth brings the pathogens back up to the
top, so I didn't bother doing it this year.  I asked the botanist I
mentioned about the mild bleach method, and he did not recommend it.  This
year, I may just plant resistant varieties in the same area and see just how
resistant they really are.  At the same time, I might try a few plants in
buckets, just in case all the other tomatoes bite the dust.  I planted some
alpine strawberries in the garden last year- boy are they prolific!  I may
just have to give up the entire bed to them by next year, and then I'll be
_forced_ to rotate my crops.


At 12:57 AM 1/9/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Vivian,
>
>My first question is do you SQFT garden, you know, the method of raised beds
>where by one never walks on the soil, so it always stays soft and
>friable?????
>
>Tomato plants love the SQFT system.  Now about not rotating, in Russian
>Roulette, your safe 5 out of 6 times too.
>
>Take a gallon of water, add one table spoon of house hold bleach and water in
>the area where you plant tomatoes.  The bleach helps to kill the bacteria in
>the soil, both good and bad, so remember to add compost, compost, compost.
>
>Ed in SW Illinois
>
>


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Vivian Viverito                         (404) 894-7192
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Georgia Tech Research Institute
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