Episode Details

The typical story about disease and vegetables is something like this from the all natural crowd…. Just use compost and good organic fertility, build good soil and it won’t be a problem. Yea, um, about that, look good soil, good fertility and abundant soil life and minerals go a long way to healthy plants, but they don’t eliminate all diseases.  They also take time to develop in your garden soil.  Some years my beans develop a fungus referred to as rust.  Why?  It is typical when it is wetter then normal.  In those years the same beds are growing jalapenos … Continue reading →