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Re: Crop Rotation

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Actually, I have read somewhere that tomatoes give off a
class of chemicals into the soil collectively called
"solanins." These chemicals help retard competition from
other plants which enables tomatoes to thrive better.
Planting tomatoes in the same place works well as long as
you don't have any diseases in that spot.  At this point, I
cannot remember the reference book I read about the solanins
from, but I will look for it later this weekend.

Cliff Parker
Longview Farm
Holden, ME
Zone 5a

-----Original Message-----
>>
>> I think your results with your tomatoes may be an
exception from
>>the rule.
>>
>Of course that's a possibility, but I'm finding more and
more people
>admitting to growing tomatoes in the same space for years
on end.  One of
>the benefits of my tomato "patch" is that it's bordered by
a honeysuckle
>hedge and a basketweave fence. There's a little shade from
these, and since
>beet leafhoppers avoid shade, I haven't had any problem
with curly top
>virus in that patch (knock on wood).  But hey, since
micorrhyzae (sp?) are
>invisible anyway, why couldn't that be the answer? (VBG)
Margaret L
>


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