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gorbelly · July 21, 2017

You can also try amending with a lot of organic matter and using biological root treatments/soil drenches next year. If we get a real winter this year as opposed to the ridiculously mild conditions we had last year, it's possible you may have later disease onset and get enough of a harvest. At least that will lessen the problems with RKNs, which accelerate the plant getting the disease due to the root damage they do which lets in the disease. If we get a good, cold winter in the NE that freezes the soil well, that might reduce RKN populations significantly.

July 21, 2017	#22
gorbelly Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Posts: 1,069	You can also try amending with a lot of organic matter and using biological root treatments/soil drenches next year. If we get a real winter this year as opposed to the ridiculously mild conditions we had last year, it's possible you may have later disease onset and get enough of a harvest. At least that will lessen the problems with RKNs, which accelerate the plant getting the disease due to the root damage they do which lets in the disease. If we get a good, cold winter in the NE that freezes the soil well, that might reduce RKN populations significantly.