I'm glad to hear that the Elbon rye worked so well for you. It is great to hear that you got such a wonderful tomato harvest this year.

For anyone who doesn't know about using Elbon rye to combat nematodes, Dale just explained how perfectly well it worked for him. It is a relatively simple solution to root-knot nematodes, which are otherwise difficult to combat.

I grow tomatoes in well-amended clay, but if I was growing them in sandy soil, I'd plant Elbon rye in that area every year in early autumn to ensure the root-knot nematodes never returned. The rye also adds organic matter to the soil as it decomposes, and it serves the dual pupose of functioning as a cover crop to prevent erosion from wind and rainfall. And, for anyone really new to gardening who is reading this, Elbon rye is a cereal grain crop. It is not the common rye grass often used to overseed lawns for the winter.

As a point of Oklahoma pride, y'all, Elbon rye was developed at the Noble Foundation in Ardmore. Elbon is Noble spelled in reverse.