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Total garden re-work ... any experience?

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I have been working hard to save my garden from varied bugs & fungus; the bugs are at bay and the fungus is slowly but steadily taking over. My small tomato crop is suffering a bad case of late blight, the peppers are more or less holding ground, and the zucchini looks mostly great on the top (slight verticillium wilt?) but the veggies are not developing. This has happened in years past also. Remediation includes brief spray nozzle root watering, thinning leaves, past use of Neem oil, Daconil, Sevin dust and even cinnamon sprinkle. It's not working. The local gardening guru says it's time to pull all the plants, dispose of the composed dirt (it's too contaminated), clean the pots & beds and start anew. Sounds a little excessive but probably necessary. Does anyone have any experience with this type undertaking? Please advise.

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RE:Total garden re-work ... any experience?

Consider grafted tomatoes. We've grafted in the past and purchased some. In some cases, they do much better as far as disease resistance.

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RE:Total garden re-work ... any experience?

Consider grafted tomatoes. We've grafted in the past and purchased some. In some cases, they do much better as far as disease resistance.

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