Tomato plants in same place (grow, fertilizer, tomatoes, insects)

[pslane]

I always grow a few tomato plants every year. Unfortunately, I only have one place to plant them. My question is when that is the case and they are in the same place every year, is there anything I can do to the soil to make it better for repeated plantings?

[gemstone1]

Depleting the nutrients is not the main issue with repeated plantings in the same spot....it is the proliferation of soil borne disease.

[Nodpete]

I've done it many times. I just add a little bone meal & veg fertilizer to each plant.

[Hemlock140]

Originally Posted by Nodpete

I've done it many times. I just add a little bone meal & veg fertilizer to each plant.

Yes, it can be done without issues, but there is risk of disease. In your case all you can do is try it. In addition to the above, I would dig a decent sized hole for each plant and use new potting/garden soil in them, so that while young they are in the new soil. With my raised bed greenhouse I only rotate from one side to the other every year, so I like to use this stuff:

https://kellogggarden.com/products/g...oil-amendment/

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by pslane

I always grow a few tomato plants every year. Unfortunately, I only have one place to plant them. My question is when that is the case and they are in the same place every year, is there anything I can do to the soil to make it better for repeated plantings?

Ask a farmer how his corn, squash, potato, pumpkin, and tomato crops do being in the same spot each year. You're fine. Just keep amending the soil and feeding the plants.


If you have the ambition to change locations, go for it, maybe they do better in one spot vs the other

[pslane]

Thank you all. I cannot relocate them so I will make sure the hole has new fertilizer/soil. Also, I always buy disease resistant plants. Anybody use Black Kow?

[Riley.]

I've been told the problem with tomatoes is airborne blight. I plant my tomatoes in 5-gallon Lowe's buckets on one side of my house that gets full sun all day. I change the soil every year. Some years they thrive, others not so much. I am going to move them down to the area where I have my raised bed (just to keep everything together).
I only plant grape tomatoes. I love eating them right off the plant when they are warm from the sun. OMG

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by Riley.

I've been told the problem with tomatoes is airborne blight.

That can be controlled and doesn't mean you have to change the soil or rotate crop

For Blight: 4 Tablespoons Hydrogen Peroxide in 1 gallon of water. Spray both sides of leaves lightly


OR


350mg Aspirin dissolved in 1 gallon of water. Spray both sides of leaves


You're welcome

[gemstone1]

19 Tomato Diseases: How to Identify, Treat, and Prevent Them

A good book on tomatoes: Epic Tomatoes, by Craig Lehoullier

[pslane]

I tried container planting and it didn't work for me. With disease resistant plants, usually Celebrity or Amelia, I haven't had and disease problems. (lately) I dust with a garden dust to keep insects off.