On Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:43:14 -0400, John wrote:

No tomatoes this year
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My condolences!

Everything else (except cabbage, lost 1/2 the plants, no roots? )
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No roots? Perhaps cabbage root maggots? If so, next year you should cover them
with a floating row cover to keep the bugs away - at least until they get big
and tough enough to withstand the onslaught.

HTH-