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Why & How to Manage Tomato Diseases Using Aspirin: Beef up Defenses  Aspirin won't cure diseases but it can help prevent them from establishing on your tomato plants and it can greatly slow the progression of the diseases down when established. Aspirin is a preventative measure to help reduce tomato plant disease. The process is preventative so it is best to start using it before diseases arrive. The aspirin spray essentially tricks the tomato plant. The salicylic acid in aspirin mimics a natural hormone that tricks the tomato into initiating the SAR response or the Systemic Acquired Resistance response... which means you are turning on all your tomatoes defenses without a true attack occurring. I believe this method of management makes it harder for disease to establish themselves on tomato leaves. I use it yearly. There is a lot of research on this topic. The video explains how to use aspirin in detail, including the mixture and spraying method. Join My New YouTube Channel J

Creating a Tomato Disease Splash Barrier: Stop the Soil Born Spores! Many areas have their own diseases that tend to attack tomato plants. It might be Leaf Spot or a form of Blight but whatever the disease, they tend to come with regularity. The best way to manage diseases is through prevention. Prevention is a practice of reducing the elements that may lead to the diseases taking hold on your vegetable plants in the garden. One form of prevention for tomatoes is creating a disease splash barrier. Simply put hard rain or hose water can splash garden soil onto your tomato plants. Mixed with the mud are disease spores. If the spores can't land on your tomato... they can't establish themselves on the plant. You are reducing the chances of disease on your tomato by preventing soil splash. You can use any viable material to create about a 2 inch layer of mulch in your garden beds. The video talks about a few types of materials you can use and how to basically mulch under around your

Over 40 Varieties of Tomatoes Planted &  Flea Market Sale of $1 Tomato Plants Well I got my tomatoes in. I am excited to be growing over 40 varieties. I seed start more tomatoes than I need and do a yearly flea market where I sell my tomato plants for $1. I also have other vegetable plants, herbs and flowers. If you are in the local Maryland area the address is Giant Food Inc ROUTE 108 CLARKSVILLE,   MD   21029 It is in the Giant parking lot and it is Sunday May 18th from 10-1 pm. If you are local and need some plants I will have most of the varieties listed below. I sell out fast so this would be for the more local gardeners. I wouldn't travel too far. If it rains they do cancel it but it looks to be a sunny day. I will also be selling these seeds next year. Over Forty Tomato Varieties Planted (More Seeds Started) Abraham Lincoln Indeterminate. 75 days. 6-10 ounces. Round red fruit. Low acid with a sweet tomato taste. Good producer. Arkansas Traveler Indeterminate. 85 days. 6-