Control Of Tomato Diseases In The Seed Bed And Cold Frame

Author : G. H. Berkeley
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265892510
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Tomato Diseases (Classic Reprint) written by G. H. Berkeley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tomato Diseases The grower must realize that a good many of the troubles affecting tomatoes, such as leaf spot, leaf mould, mosaic, wilts etc., may be started in, and spread from, the seed-bed. This means that special care should be taken to protect the small seedlings from becoming infected. TO this end the disinfected seed should be sown in clean or sterilized soil, which should be kept free from weeds. The seed should not be sown too densely, as a crowded seed-bed is more subject to damping-off. Also since a continuous damp surface in the seed-bed is favourable to damping-off it is good practice to have the soil Of the seed-bed covered with alight layer Of sand, so as to ensure a more rapid drying Of the surface soil. Preferably, seedlings should be grown under glass so that on successive cloudy, humid days the excess humidity may be more readily driven off by heat and proper ventilation. This is particularly applicable to the seed lings for the fall greenhouse crop, which are so Often severely attacked by the leaf mould fungus. Seedlings should not be grown in close proximity to weeds or Old plantings of tomatoes, or potatoes. As an added precaution tomato plants should be sprayed with Bordeaux while still in the seed-bed, or plant-bed, and before transplanting to the field or greenhouse. If the above simple measures are faithfully carried out the grower will then start with sound, healthy plants and under sanitary conditions in the field or greenhouse, will have gone a long way in avoiding tomato diseases. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.