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Warwood

I have two gardens and wonder how you all rotate. You try to rotate every other year or every three years back to the same garden due to disease prevention? I don't have the land a lot of growers have to play with. Any suggestions would be helpful. DOn

12/4/2004 9:20:21 PM

Wichita, KS

I don't rotate. I amend. I haven't done AGs long enough to know better though. :)

12/5/2004 12:30:46 AM

Puyallup, WA

I have tried everything short of soil fumagation and sterlization! Nothing so far seems to effect those soil pathogens....and I mean NOTHING! I had vine rot even in my new patch. Next year, I am trying the "overwhelm them varmits" method....I'll plant 12-14 plants....twice as many as last year....and keep my fingers crossed that some will slip through unaffected!
As far as depleting the soil nutrients....nothing to worry about if you keep ammending your soil. Kirk Mombert grew in the same soil for 14 years!

12/5/2004 1:47:16 AM

Warwood

Thanks folks. I don't have a lot of space and needed the advice. I was thinking about the amendment theory myself but just didn't know if it would work, but if Mr. Mombert did it, it must work. A fellow grower. Don

12/5/2004 6:02:57 PM

No Place Special

dan Carlson grew his 1432 in the same patch he has been growing in for 12 plus yrs I think

12/7/2004 12:03:41 AM