I may need to till my no-till garden

[Chuck]

Don't ever broadfork or even cultivate around large tomato plants as their roots extend a sizeable distance in all directions, at minimum out to the dripline, plus many feeder roots are just below the surface of the soil. If you want to aerate the root system of plants about the only way to do it is to mix hydrogen peroxide 50/50 with water and drench the area. I see no signs of the soil staying too wet.

 

[Lmbauer2017]

Don't ever broadfork or even cultivate around large tomato plants as their roots extend a sizeable distance in all directions, at minimum out to the dripline, plus many feeder roots are just below the surface of the soil. If you want to aerate the root system of plants about the only way to do it is to mix hydrogen peroxide 50/50 with water and drench the area. I see no signs of the soil staying too wet.

That’s comforting. So when I dig down a few inches it’s still moist. The last rain we had was that two weeks of pouring rain about 3-4 weeks ago. I remember now you showing me that the yellow goes away after they grow, but these look like they may be starting to shrivel (picture below is one dat later)? I’m going to set up my drip system soon. I put some chelated iron + hasta grow on that poor pepper plant in the front a few days ago so we’ll see if it perks up.

And yeah now that you mention it it’s probably not getting cool enough for tomatoes. I have ONE San marsano coming but that’s it. Very much anticipating this cold front coming in next week!

 

[Chuck]

I am sure that the yellowing shown in your latest picture is caused by a lack of iron. As your peppers are also showing the same thing I have to conclude that your base soil is lacking in iron. Lowe's has a product called IronPro which is made by Earth Sciences. It is OMRI listed so it is organic. I would get this and use it for all inground plantings.

 

[Lmbauer2017]

I am sure that the yellowing shown in your latest picture is caused by a lack of iron. As your peppers are also showing the same thing I have to conclude that your base soil is lacking in iron. Lowe's has a product called IronPro which is made by Earth Sciences. It is OMRI listed so it is organic. I would get this and use it for all inground plantings.

Interesting, ok I’ll check it out. Thanks!