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A Visual Guide: Tomato Foliage, Stem & Root Problems
Page 1 of 7 Visit us on the Web: Visual Guide: Tomato Foliage, Stem & Root ProblemsDisease preventionThis guide lists the most common foliar Problems of tomatoes (forproblems on fruit, see our Visual Guide: Tomato Fruit Problems ), butpreventing Problems is usually easier than curing them. So, here are tenstrategies to help prevent diseases and other Problems :1. Although many heirloom varieties have better flavor than newervarieties, they lack disease resistance. Purchasing disease resistantcultivars can help, but keep in mind that disease resistance doesnot mean immunity. Preventive strategies are still tools, Tomato cages and stakes with a solution of one partbleach to nine parts Rotate the planting location every three to five Do not plant in cold soils. This weakens plants making them moresusceptible to diseases and may stunt them Do not crowd tomatoes.
For more information about care and culture of tomatoes, including fertilizing, see our Kemper Factsheet: Tomatoes. For more information ... raccoons and deer, which will eat both tomato plants and fruit. G. Holmes, Valent USA Corp., Bugwood.org Root-knot Nematodes Healthy tomato (left). Tomato infected with root-knot nematodes (right).
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