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SoFlaCommercial wrote:
Linda:

Attached is the bed that it came from. This is my 'tomato' bed.

Measures 4' x 9', non pressurized wood.

Three Roma Tomato plants
Two Parsley Plants (placed at alternating corners)
Two Greek Oregano Plants (placed at the opposite corners)
Two Basil Plants in front

Five Marigold Plants: One between each tomato, and on opposite sides, between tomatoes and outside edge of bed. One Marigold between the basil.

Until everything got established, had it bare dirt for a few weeks. Noticed (what I then thought was) blight, then mulched everything with cypress mulch, per someone's suggestion here on DG.

Would water periodically, but (so far) mother nature taking care of irrigation.

Have scratched in coffee grounds and crushed egg shells about a month ago. periodically fertilize with liquid seaweed/water sol'n.

Tomatoes had what the 'vegetable doctor' at the county extension office said was bacterial spot, but he diagnosed my basil as possibly having 'wet feet' or fungus since it wasn't black spot on the basil.

Yesterday, I hacked my roma plants and took off anything that looked like it had or was getting black spot. The above tomato deformity was the only one I found, but admittedly, I didn't get back underneath the tomato plants to look more closely.

thanks, Carolyn!