S3E12 Tomato diseases, alternatives to chemical fertilizer, Guest Bobbie Schwartz - TWVG radio show

Replay of The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener Radio Show from 5-18-19
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Topics: Joey and Holly talks Talk about tomato diseases and what to look for also how to prevent them.

Tomato diseases
Early blight
Late blight
Spider mites
Blossom end rot
Wilt - remove plants
Bacterial spot - kinda like early blight - lives in soil, mulch
Bacterial speck - like late blight do not eat - remove and trash plants, sterilize - can come from garden centers/nurseries

In segment 2 Joey and Holly talk about alternatives to chemical fertilizer

Organic fertilizers are fertilizers derived from animal matter, animal excreta, human excreta, and vegetable matter. Naturally occurring organic fertilizers include animal wastes from meat processing, peat, manure, slurry, and guano.
Organic fertilizers such as manures, compost or bone meal are derived directly from plant or animal sources,

Inorganic fertilizers such as ammonium sulfate or ammonium phosphate are often called commercial or synthetic fertilizers because they go through a manufacturing process, although many of them come from naturally occurring mineral deposits. Inorganic fertilizers usually contain only a few nutrients – generally nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur and sometimes micronutrients, either singly or in combination. These nutrients are in a form readily available to plants. However, since they are lost from the soil quickly, you may have to fertilize plants several times during the growing season

Organic fertilizers usually contain plant nutrients in low concentrations. Many of these nutrients have to be converted into inorganic forms by soil bacteria and fungi before plants can use them, so they typically are more slowly released, especially during cold weather when soil microbes are not as active.

But organic fertilizers have advantages. They don’t make a crust on the soil as inorganic fertilizers sometimes do. They improve water movement into the soil and, in time, add structure to the soil. Organics feed beneficial microbes, making the soil easier to work. But they may cost more than chemical, or inorganic fertilizers, because they are less concentrated, supplying fewer nutrients pound for pound.

Since many chemical/inorganic fertilizers are concentrated and very soluble, it’s easier to apply too much and damage your plants. Fresh, non-composted manure can damage your plants as well, because some manure contains harmful amounts of salts.

weed/seed free dry grass clippings
Worm castings
Homemade compost
Soil conditioner - Soil Diva liquid microbial-stimulant spray takes a fresh approach to improving the health of the plants you work hard to grow.
compost tea
Coffee grounds
Leaves

In segment 3 Joey and Holly talk with their guest Bobbie Schwartz, of https://clevelandlandscapegarden.com/

Plant a holic: an obsessive gardener who is excessively (inordinately) knowledgeable and passionate about gardens, their design, creation and purpose in daily life. This definition characterizes Bobbie Schwartz, the proprietress of Bobbie’s Green Thumb, which is a year-round Cleveland landscape and garden design business that focuses on landscape consultation, design, installation and maintenance, garden coaching, lecturing and writing.

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