Re: Crop failure in So Cal

I think the toms are fussier than the other 2, you have to lay off the same
ground for 3 years.Do whta i do and use containers meanwhile.Try some other
veg in the plots-okra, pumpkin........need ideas?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nan Sterman" <nsterman@mindsovermatter.com>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 1:22 PM
Subject: Crop failure in So Cal


> Well, it is finally Fall here in San Diego and though our growing
> season is 355 days (actually, it is 364, but my yard gets a bit too
> cold to grow much in those additional 9 days), I still have some time
> to be productive.  Problem is, I've been tremendously un productive.
> At least, my tomatoes have.  I don't have enough garden beds to
> rotate the solanums each year, so I planted a cover crop of grasses
> and legumes last fall.  harvested them, and then planted my favorite
> tomatoes, peppers and eggplants.  The eggplants did well, teh peppers
> did okay, but I've yet to harvest a single tomato!  The plants look
> awful -- leaves shriveled and died, didn't produce.  I just can't
> figure it out.  If it were a solanum problem, the eggplant and
> peppers should have suffered.
>
> Any ideas?
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> Nan Sterman
> San Diego County California
> Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
>
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