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Re: [Market-farming] Tomato stems rotting below soil line
- From: John Ehrlich <johnkaty AT shaw.ca>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Tomato stems rotting below soil line
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 08:30:42 -0700
Try a strong Chamomile Tea solution spraying on the plants three days in a
row.
Dont know what else to suggest. What percentage are you losing?
J
On 2012-05-10, at 7:58 AM, Tom & Melanie wrote:
> Sounds like dampening off disease. Sorry, I don't know the cause or cure.
> Try a net search. Good luck
>
> Tom
> Limerock Orchards and Roadside Market
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> From: Marlin & Christine Burkholder
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 10:12 AM
> To: 'Market Farming'
> Subject: [Market-farming] Tomato stems rotting below soil line
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> What would cause the stem on a tomato transplant put into the ground two
> weeks ago to suddenly rot off about an inch below the soil line? Looks like
> some sort of bacterial rot similar to what I experienced once years ago when
> I transplanted tomatoes into recently plowed down clover cover crop. That
> time I figured that bacterial decomposition of the plowed under clover also
> attacked the roots of the tomatoes. The ground where I am having the
> problem this year was plowed and prepped last fall and the rows mulched with
> plastic.
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[Market-farming] boron,
Lloyd Blackwell, 05/09/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] boron, Etienne Goyer, 05/09/2012
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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[Market-farming] Boron,
Lloyd Blackwell, 05/09/2012
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[Market-farming] Tomato stems rotting below soil line,
Marlin & Christine Burkholder, 05/10/2012
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[Market-farming] Tomato stems rotting below soil line,
Tom & Melanie, 05/10/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] Tomato stems rotting below soil line, John Ehrlich, 05/10/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] Tomato stems rotting below soil line, Barking Cat Farm, 05/14/2012
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[Market-farming] Tomato stems rotting below soil line,
Tom & Melanie, 05/10/2012
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[Market-farming] Tomato stems rotting below soil line,
Marlin & Christine Burkholder, 05/10/2012
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