How can I repair the soil after having tomato blight?

Question

I had tomato blight a few years ago. The soil where the tomatos were grown will grow some things but not real well. If I plant tomatos near that area, they grow plants well, but there is nothing to harvest.

 

Thanks

Rich

Answer 1

I would mix that soil with very old horsemanure, lime, mulch, hay, grass & leaves and turn it in.  PH for tomatoes is 5.5-7.5

If blight happens again, take the whole plant out and bag & trash it........wash your hands as you don't want to spread it around the garden.  This happened to us one summer when we had so much rain.  I removed the green tomatoes pulled out all the effected plants and bagged & trashed them.  Please do not mulch these as you will keep the blight in your garden.