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How to fix contaminated soil?
My wife and I are absolutely not knowledgeable gardeners; our back yard is
planted with perennials and shrubs selected mainly for appearance, hardiness and whim (I got three gas plants, based solely on their name), and we manage to keep things alive and pruned to our satisfaction. A few years ago, we set aside the one small sunny spot for growing tomatoes and basil. Each year we've tilled the area by hand, worked in some manure-based soil amendment, planted a few plants we picked up at the garden center and were happy with the result. This year, the tomatoes died, and the basil is stunted. My suspicion, and the consensus at my wife's office, is that we introduced some sort of blight, either from the purchased plants or the soil amendment. What can we do to this plot of death so that we might get something to grow next year? Is there any quick fix for this year? Our growing season is terribly short here. -- Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN |
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