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Bacterial Stem Rot ??'s

18 years ago

my garden has bacterial stem rot. i've already lost 3 plants to it and it looks as though i'm going to lose 2 more. this will leave me with only two plants. :(

i'm afraid it will spread to the other two plants i have, is there any way to prevent this?

is bacterial stem rot a type of blight? is it really in my soil now? how in the WORLD did this make its way into my garden? i bought from a nursery..could this be the source? could the straw mulch i used be a carrier?

also, are the fruits safe to eat? i have some good sized green tomatoes on the two plants i need to pull and i'd hate to lose them.

thanks,

Andrea

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mule
18 years ago
Fruit would be safe to eat

It generally spread by mechanical means. Avoid working with infected plants and then handling the others. Be careful hoeing around the ok plants. Damage to the roots may let infections into them.

There is something called bacterial rot (which generally is a fruit issue) so you might try looking under "bacterial wilt" for more info. I provided a link below

Here is a link that might be useful: bacterial wilt of tomato
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