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Originally Posted by roper2008
When I pulled my Blush tomato plant last fall, this is what the roots looked like. The
plant produced a lot of tomatoes though. This must be RKN, right?
I think I'm going to put in a lot of compost, marigolds and mustard greens. I was thinking of planting my Sieva Lima Beans on the edges of the bed. I've read some-
where that they are nematode resistant. |
That is a definite RKN infestation. Maybe solarize, that will kill them for a while. I grow in clean pots with fresh or solarized soil, and I use a plastic liner such as the bag the potting mix or fertilizer came in as a barrier between the pot and the soil so the pot can still drain, not inside the pot, so the nematodes can't get into the pot through the drain holes. In my Earthboxes, it's a non issue because they are solid and closed off from the ground.
All the potting mixes are solarized with 6mil clear plastic every year for at least 4 weeks, then replenished with new dolomite and new fertilizer, and topped off with new potting mix because it settles, but the potting mix is reused.