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happychick · July 1, 2007

We are living on a tiny lot, so I don't have tons of room to garden. I have 4 tiny beds (3 raised and 1 not) and plants in 2 of them have had bacterial canker. It's possible that one of the plants in 1 of the 2 uninfected beds actually did have it as well, but it started looking wonky and I immediately pulled it up, because I didn't want to give it a chance to spread if that's what it was. The other two plants in that bed never seemed to have anything wrong with them, though, so maybe not.

Anyway, I really need to be able to plant in those two beds again. Otherwise, I'm only going to be able to plant maybe 5 plants, which really isn't enough for my family - especially sicne they'd all have to be determinates based on what we have set up in the areas we could use. Plus, this is my first year gardening, so you know, I have lots of problems and don't expect too much from my plants - still working out the kinks.

So I started seeds for a fall crop. Is there anything I can do to make those beds useable again? Soil microorganisms that might outcompete the canker? Anything?

July 1, 2007	#1
happychick Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 37	Bacterial canker everywhere! We are living on a tiny lot, so I don't have tons of room to garden. I have 4 tiny beds (3 raised and 1 not) and plants in 2 of them have had bacterial canker. It's possible that one of the plants in 1 of the 2 uninfected beds actually did have it as well, but it started looking wonky and I immediately pulled it up, because I didn't want to give it a chance to spread if that's what it was. The other two plants in that bed never seemed to have anything wrong with them, though, so maybe not. Anyway, I really need to be able to plant in those two beds again. Otherwise, I'm only going to be able to plant maybe 5 plants, which really isn't enough for my family - especially sicne they'd all have to be determinates based on what we have set up in the areas we could use. Plus, this is my first year gardening, so you know, I have lots of problems and don't expect too much from my plants - still working out the kinks. So I started seeds for a fall crop. Is there anything I can do to make those beds useable again? Soil microorganisms that might outcompete the canker? Anything?