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Organic Products
Jobes Organics fertilizers increases microorganism activity for healthier soil. Easy to use - just work into soil around plants.
Espoma fertilizers, nutrients and soils will help you reach your green garden goals.
Rich Earth replenishes, amends and improves garden and lawn soils.
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Tomato Late Blight
A case of late blight on tomatoes was confirmed yesterday by the Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab at the Univ. of KY. Both commercial and homeowners alike need to be on a regular spray schedule of fungicides for disease control. (Spraying insecticides will not prevent diseases such as this.)
Chlorothalonil and mancozeb are good protectant fungicides against late blight, and copper is moderately effective. These materials are the best bets for homeowners, and coppers (i.e., fixed copper) are probably the only reliable protectant option for organic producers.
Clay Soil
Clay soil: Add organic material such as compost or peat moss. Till or spade to help loosen the soil. Since clay soil absorbs water very slowly, water only as fast as the soil absorbs the water.
03.19.10
Loamy Soil
Loam soil: The best kind of soil. It's a combination of sand, silt, and clay. Loam absorbs water readily and stores it for plants to use.
USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Services
03.19.10
Sandy Soil
Sandy soil: Add organic material to supplement sandy soil. Otherwise, the water can run through it so quickly that plants won't be able to absorb it.
03.19.10
