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slugworth · July 2, 2019

Lack of weeding because of the heat, I have grass growing around the plants that is starting to get tall (the kind you have to mow)
and noticed the grass is getting diseased instead of the plants.I will collect grass clippings to mulch instead of the growing grass eventually.
That was interesting.One year the grass grew really tall and was taller than the plants,we had a frost and the grass protected the plants from the frost.
Some of the plants are crowded like a jungle,the rest have the proper spacing.
No sign of blight yet but I did see some SER stem end rot where the stem dries up and the tomato falls off.1st time I ever had that.

July 2, 2019	#3
slugworth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: connecticut,usa Posts: 1,150	Lack of weeding because of the heat, I have grass growing around the plants that is starting to get tall (the kind you have to mow) and noticed the grass is getting diseased instead of the plants.I will collect grass clippings to mulch instead of the growing grass eventually. That was interesting.One year the grass grew really tall and was taller than the plants,we had a frost and the grass protected the plants from the frost. Some of the plants are crowded like a jungle,the rest have the proper spacing. No sign of blight yet but I did see some SER stem end rot where the stem dries up and the tomato falls off.1st time I ever had that.