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    Tomato rotation question

    Silly question, but I know you can't plant tomatoes where you've had strawberries and I know strawberries are related to roses, but can't remember whether blackcurrants are...

    We have a tomato that supposedly "doesn't like heat" (Emerald Apple). On the offchance that we may actually have a hot summer (well you never know ) I thought I ought to put it down at the bottom, north of the plum tree and west of the philadelphus, where it should stay cool. Trouble is there was a blackcurrant in that spot for a couple of years. Should I plant the tomato in a Morrisons bucket or can I just put it straight into the bed?
    The problem with rounded personalities is they don't tesselate.
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    Grumpy says Americans probably don't actually mean the same thing as I do when they say "heat" (For that matter neither do Southerners ) so it ought to be safe wherever we put it. Does anyone know?
    The problem with rounded personalities is they don't tesselate.

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      I wouldn't worry about it at all but maybe that's me

      Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

      Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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      • #4
        I've got plum and cherry trees in last year's strawb patch, and have also put some tomatoes in there. I'm not at all worried about anything with the tomatoes apart from blight. As we didn't get any last year, it's worth a punt.

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        • #5
          Thanks.

          We had blight last year. The tomatoes were in bottomles buckets semi-sunk into beds. Am I safe to put tomatoes in the same beds (having removed the buckets - and the compost in them!) or do I need to put them in buckets with bottoms (in case we missed any roots - is it possible the blight spores would be lurking in them?)

          (Running out of compost...)
          Last edited by Sylvan; 27-05-2012, 09:09 PM. Reason: clarification
          The problem with rounded personalities is they don't tesselate.

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          • #6
            apparently the spores only survive on tubers or infected seeds, so as long as you haven't got any of those nearby, you should be ok to plant them wherever you like

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Sylvan View Post
              is it possible the blight spores would be lurking in them?)
              I don't think so. Blight supposedly only survives on living plant material. I reckon you'll be fine. Bung em in.

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              • #8
                Ta muchly xx
                The problem with rounded personalities is they don't tesselate.

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