[CH] soil pH and Diseases
byron bromley (byron.bromley@gsd-co.com)
Fri, 11 May 2001 21:42:38 -0400
Riley
Here is a little factor not included in Camerons school.
In chiles as well as tomatoes there are 2 diseases; V wilt verticillium
and F wilt Fusarium AKA the Chile wilt..
If you go to
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/index.html
On the left side scroll down to and click on "Index of Articles ++++, Then
on the right pane scroll down to and click on "Vascular wilts of Tomatoes"
Near the end of the thread you will note that the V wilt likes a soil pH of
6.5 and lower, The F wilt likes a soil pH of 7.5 and higher.
So a very simple Duh, To avoid these wilts keep the soil pH between 6.5 and
7.5
L.B.