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What to strawberries have against tomatoes?
I've just put in a new vegetable garden. After I planted the strawberries
I noticed that the container said not to plant them where tomatoes have been grown within the last three years. Why can't you plant strawberries on the same land as tomatoes? How far apart do they have to be? |
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What to strawberries have against tomatoes?
General Schvantzkoph wrote:
I've just put in a new vegetable garden. After I planted the strawberries I noticed that the container said not to plant them where tomatoes have been grown within the last three years. Why can't you plant strawberries on the same land as tomatoes? How far apart do they have to be? They share several soil-borne diseases that overwinter in the soil that would be a problem especially in damp climates. Personally, I would put as much distance as possible between them. This is the reason I grow my tomatoes and potatoes in containers. The soil is never used again with any vegetables and the plant parts are never composted, so there's no risk of passing on these diseases to other plants. .. |
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What to strawberries have against tomatoes?
General Schvantzkoph said:
I've just put in a new vegetable garden. After I planted the strawberries I noticed that the container said not to plant them where tomatoes have been grown within the last three years. Why can't you plant strawberries on the same land as tomatoes? How far apart do they have to be? It cautioned against because strawberries can be devestated by verticillium wilt, which also infects tomatoes. (And, since many modern varieties of tomatoes were selected to resist/tolerate verticillium wilt, it may be possible to have it in your soil without having seen really obvious signs in.) Verticillium wilt of strawberry: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3012.html Quoting: "The fungus can be introduced into uninfested soil on seed, tools and farm machinery, and in the soil and roots of transplants." "Do not plant susceptible strawberry cultivars in soil where tomato, peppers, potato, eggplant, melons, okra, mint, brambles, stone fruits, chrysanthemums, rose or related susceptible crops have grown for the past five years." -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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What to strawberries have against tomatoes?
On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:19:05 -0500, Pat Kiewicz wrote:
General Schvantzkoph said: I've just put in a new vegetable garden. After I planted the strawberries I noticed that the container said not to plant them where tomatoes have been grown within the last three years. Why can't you plant strawberries on the same land as tomatoes? How far apart do they have to be? It cautioned against because strawberries can be devestated by verticillium wilt, which also infects tomatoes. (And, since many modern varieties of tomatoes were selected to resist/tolerate verticillium wilt, it may be possible to have it in your soil without having seen really obvious signs in.) Verticillium wilt of strawberry: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3012.html Quoting: "The fungus can be introduced into uninfested soil on seed, tools and farm machinery, and in the soil and roots of transplants." "Do not plant susceptible strawberry cultivars in soil where tomato, peppers, potato, eggplant, melons, okra, mint, brambles, stone fruits, chrysanthemums, rose or related susceptible crops have grown for the past five years." Thanks, I'll move them to the other edge of the garden. I've let this land lay fallow for 20 years so the soil should be clean at them moment, however I've put in several dozen tomato plants as well as some peppers, basil, oregano and rosemary (it's a spaghetti sauce garden). I'll move the strawberries about 10 feet. |
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What to strawberries have against tomatoes?
"General Schvantzkoph" wrote in message news I've just put in a new vegetable garden. After I planted the strawberries I noticed that the container said not to plant them where tomatoes have been grown within the last three years. Why can't you plant strawberries on the same land as tomatoes? How far apart do they have to be? Set new plants 24" apart. Not to worry about the large initial spacing b/c the mother plants will send out plenty of daughter plants and fill in the bed nicely after one year and completely after two. Take good care to keep them well tended during the summer. Come September, apply fertilizer. http://ssfruit.cas.psu.edu/chapter8/chapter8a.htm http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/en.../feb90pr6.html |
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What to strawberries have against tomatoes?
Pat Kiewicz wrote: General Schvantzkoph said: Quoting: "The fungus can be introduced into uninfested soil on seed, tools and farm machinery, and in the soil and roots of transplants." "Do not plant susceptible strawberry cultivars in soil where tomato, peppers, potato, eggplant, melons, okra, mint, brambles, stone fruits, chrysanthemums, rose or related susceptible crops have grown for the past five years." -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) Chist! That list is about everything I have in my plot right now.except I don't know if the strawberry is susceptible. |
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