On Jul 8, 1:12*pm, Higgs Boson wrote:
On Jul 8, 12:11*pm, Higgs Boson wrote:



The "wilt" or whatever it is got so bad that I pulled up several large
plants that were not producing. *Also trimmed all the foliage
(infected, dried) from the remaining plants and left ONLY the tomatoes
to (I HOPE!) ripen.

Asked the nursery and they said the weather here (Santa Monica CA) has
been so overcast and humid that fungus or whatever has flourished.

1. *I want to protect the remaining plants (volunteers -- not the ones
from Home Despot that I tossed).
Nursery sold me product whose label reads:

"Serenade garden Disease Control: Can be used for organic gardens.
Fungicide that attacks harmful garden diseases." *Active ingredient is
QST 713 strain of Bacillus subtilis 0.074%.

This from AGRA Quest, not my favorite among corporate ag. giants.

2. *Nursery guy also said that I should not replant edibles in that
area; that I should remove the earth to a depth of (I think he said )
about 6" or more; that it would take "several years" for the area to
recover. *(Assuming it is infected).

That sounds pretty drastic to me; esp removing the earth. *It's been
suggested by a landscape friend that I PLANT some edibles, even
tomatoes, in that area to see what happens to them. *Perhaps wait
until this unseasonable cool and damp gives way to usual summer heat.

What do you think?

TIA

Thanks to those who replied.

Anybody used the chemical I described ?

"Serenade garden Disease Control: Can be used for organic gardens.
Fungicide that attacks harmful garden diseases." *Active ingredient is
QST 713 strain of Bacillus subtilis 0.074%.

Your results?

TIA

There is one way to go that has not been mentioned: that is to plant
verticillium/
fusarium resistant tomatoes. I have verticillium here in various
spots; this was
an old almond orchard and the disease is left from then. That was
over 25 years
ago and yes it is still here. But I plant tomatoes that have
VF1F2 following
the name and also rotate my planting spots every year. I like Park's
Whopper
and Park's Beefy Boy. They also hold well in our hot summers.They
will also
keep going until freezing temps, so you could still get a crop... if
you can find them.

Also, this cold, wet, cloudy winter was also responsible for the
fungal Rust on
the roses. It's going away with the hot, dry weather recently. But
it's still much
more humid here than usual.

Emilie
NorCal