Tips! Composting Composting bins area available for $30 at the
Recycling Center on Wood Street. See this link for more information. Vegetable Gardening How to Thin Seedlings When
thinning seedlings, don't pluck the extras out of the growing medium. It
disturbs the young roots of the seedling that you hope to transplant. Instead
snip the extra seedling to the soil level. Avoiding Tomato Blight
The home
gardener cannot get the systemic fungicides available to the commercial
growers. Topical fungicides only work to suppress the disease, not cure it. But
you can do a lot to slow and reduce the appearance of the fungus on your
plants.
Weekly thorough application of topical fungicide sprays can help keep the fungus at bay but will not destroy the fungus.
Here is a link to an excellent article from Fine Gardening Magazine on pruning your tomatoes to keep them healthy. |