How do I successfully grow my tomatoes?
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Curious
Why do I keep getting brown leaf spots that kill the chloroplasts on my tomato leaves each year resulting in my plants just dying early in the season instead of reaching maturity? Is the soil just not sterile? What are my options? I tried copper fungicide. It just hurts every year to see great plants and then this rapid, death march. The crop is getting less and less every year.
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Can you grow them in containers with fresh soil or make a new raised bed with fresh soil?
I have the same problem, mine are in newly raised beds with fresh soil, it may be not enough sun and too much water ?
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Tomato_Verticillium.htm first of all you need to determine WHAT is causing their demise .. there are many types of 'wilt/blight/fungus' that is airborne as well as in the soil.
Purchasing resistant varieties https://www.growingproduce.com/vegetables/choose-tomato-varieties-with-the-best-disease-resistance-packages/ and do not plant in the same location again;
IF you continue to have issues, contact your local Agricultural Agency for advice -- they can test the soil and the plants themselves to determine the issues