Can Wilt Ever Go Away?

Aquannie · May 29, 2006

I had not planted tomatoes in my raised bed for three years as all my plants wilted and died then. This year I planted 16 new resistant plants and now they are all dead from wilt but one and he is not looking too good at all. Is there ever a way to "clean" this soil so I can have my favorite crop again? I really thought three years of no 'maters being grown there would do it and boy,was I ever wrong.

**coronabarb** · May 30, 2006

Aquannie,

I'm most certainly no expert in this regard, but I've read there are lots of nematodes in FL. Do you know if these are in your soil?

Other Floridians, can you help out here?

May 29, 2006	#1
Aquannie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: NE Florida Posts: 1	Can Wilt Ever Go Away? I had not planted tomatoes in my raised bed for three years as all my plants wilted and died then. This year I planted 16 new resistant plants and now they are all dead from wilt but one and he is not looking too good at all. Is there ever a way to "clean" this soil so I can have my favorite crop again? I really thought three years of no 'maters being grown there would do it and boy,was I ever wrong. __________________ Aquannie

May 30, 2006	#2
coronabarb Tomatoville® Recipe Keeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Roseburg, Oregon - zone 7 Posts: 2,821	Aquannie, I'm most certainly no expert in this regard, but I've read there are lots of nematodes in FL. Do you know if these are in your soil? Other Floridians, can you help out here? __________________ Corona~Barb Now an Oregon gal