{UAH} For Tomato growers

TOMATO

Preventing tomato diseases is a must, if you want to have productive plants.

Other than making sure your tomato plants are happy and healthy, there are a few other things you can do to help prevent tomato plant disease.

STEPS:

~Rotate your crops.

Since many tomato pathogens live in the soil, plant tomatoes in a different spot in the garden each year.

~Pinch off leaves with any sign of disease immediately and dispose of them in the trash to keep a possible infection from spreading.

~Don't work in the garden when foliage is wet or you may inadvertently spread pathogens from plant to plant.

~Choose disease resistant varieties when selecting which type of tomatoes to grow.

~Remove all diseased tomato plant debris at the end of the growing season and burn it or toss it in the trash. Don't put diseased foliage in the composite pile.

~Provide adequate air circulation around each plant.

~Mulch your tomato plants well at the start of the season. Two/three inches of compost, leaf mold, straw, or hay serves to keep soil dwelling fungal spores from splashing up onto the lower leaves when it rains.

~Try to keep the foliage dry whenever possible. Hand irrigation or soaker hoses allow you to target the water on the root zone. The splash from overhead sprinklers can spread diseases and wet foliage promotes fungal issues.

~Disinfect the empty pots if you grow your tomatoes in containers using a bleaching solution at the end of the growing season and replace the spent potting soil with a new mix every season.

NB;- Follow every preventing tips you can to keep your tomato plants from being revaged by diseases.

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