Brazilian tomato problems
Anita Graf (agraf@agecon.uga.edu)
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 14:43:28 EST5EDT
> There are no really good remedies for it here, either. Late blight is a
> major problem for tomato and potato growers in some areas, regardless of
> what chemicals they use. We deal with it on our farm by using long
> rotations (five years) and strict field sanitation (all residues
> incorporated immediately after last harvest).
>
Uh, not having anything technical to add to this discussion, I would
still like to make a comment. Often times "sustainable" amounts to
figuring out if something ought to be grown in a specific place in
the first place. When nature starts a full-on combat of something,
it can sometimes mean that that something just isn't appropriate to
the area. If soils are fertile and well cared for and other basic
sustainablity steps have been taken and still it takes an arsenal of
toxic chemicals (organic or not) to get a harvest, it may be time to
reasses the planting regime from the beginning. Granted, I don't
think that this kind of thinking comes naturally to us humans who are
forever trying to fit square pegs into round holes, but it should be
considered.
Anita
Anita Graf
313-F Conner Hall
Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7509
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