Organic Tomato Disease Control

Project Overview

FNE94-074
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 1994: $2,450.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1994
Region: Northeast
State: New Hampshire
Project Leader:
David Trumble
David Trumbel-Green Truck Farm

Commodities

  • Vegetables: tomatoes

Practices

  • Pest Management: mulching - plastic
  • Production Systems: organic agriculture
  • Soil Management: composting

    Proposal summary:

    I want to conduct a controlled experiment with a multiple approach to organic disease control of tomatoes for commercial growers. Plot to plot comparisons in the same growing season are required for comparisons to be meaningful, due to the variable weather from year to year.

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