plants in one location dying

[babice]

Originally Posted by JohnWayne

I guess buring those dead plants might be for the best but I also wonder if sending a plant for testing would be a better idea?

I hear ya! I'd want to know too if I were you. However, with the ones you don't send off - do you mean burning them or burying them? I wouldn't bury them! I mean, like burn them or put them in a big, green garbage bag and get them of your property so the disease isn't still in your soil! Worst case, the test results come back and it's nothing serious. But if it is and you've buried it then it's in your soil.

So, have you tried spraying them with an aspirin spray? It has done wonders for me.

[JohnWayne]

Yes I did try aspirin and really can't say that I saw any help from it.

[babice]

Originally Posted by JohnWayne

Yes I did try aspirin and really can't say that I saw any help from it.

Bummer! WELP - now I hope you DO send one off so we all know what the heck happened for you!

[Heritage]

There is a fairly simple test for herbicides in hay/compost/mulch that you can perform yourself:

www.puyallup.wsu.edu/soilmgmt/pubs/clobioassay.pdf

Also, some good info on what to look for:

www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/programs/.../herbicide_carryover.pdf

Good luck!
Steve

edit: the PDF's don't link properly for some reason - you will have to manually remove the http://www.tomatoville.com/ from the link when you get the error page.

[Mlm1]

Steve, I couldn't get the second link to work at all. I will try to repost the first link since it looks interesting.
http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/soilmgmt...lobioassay.pdf

Marla

[Mlm1]

I think this is the other post from Steve.

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/pro..._carryover.pdf

Marla

[Heritage]

Thanks, Marla.

I think my post had some herbicide damage.

Steve

[Got Worms?]

JohnWayne, Do not bury any plants with EB. EB will persist in the soil for years. Do not compost any plants with EB, unless you want to spread EB around your property like horses#!t.
Charlie