> >Mary-Anne > > Here is a tip. Most soil diseases live in the top 1 to 2 in of soil, >Double dig and bury the top 3 to 4 in. > > Have you tried UC Berkly (sp)? When I was doing my TMV thing, I found >they had a Agi division, > >At NCSU, for Tobacco, they recommended pulling infected plants and soilarize >the soil where the plant was. > >"Fun" buying plant diseases, Had 4 seed borne diseases. > >Byron Byron, here in the west we have insect-borne diseases that afflict tomato plants. You do not have curly top virus, for example. We do. It is not seed or soil-borne. Margaret L