From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Drew Lawson wrote:   
   > songbird writes:   
   ...   
   >>i   
   >>grow tomatoes and strawberries without any *cides at   
   >>all.   
   >   
   > Unfortunately, my garden is plagued by tomato leaf spot, so I am   
   > dependant on copper sulfate.  That's about all I use, aside from   
   > RoundUp on the creaping thistle.   
      
     the tomatoes here get some kind of blight each   
   season but they still bear fruit and we get enough   
   so i've never treated for it.  i have tried various   
   things recommended to eliminate it or reduce it   
   from happening, but each year it returns no matter   
   what.  so since it doesn't cause us to lose the   
   crops i just continue to ignore it.  the plants   
   look pretty sad by the end of the summer but by   
   then we've put up what we need so it's ok.   
      
     i would not use copper sulfate for long as the   
   copper can build up in the soil.   
      
     have you tried finding more resistant plants?   
   i have here but Mom is very fixated on what she   
   wants to grow so i gave up.   
      
     the troublesome weeds here are horsetail and   
   sow-thistle, but i've found out they can be   
   removed by manual methods and smothering once   
   you've got the worst of them cleared.  you just   
   have to be sure to keep after any new ones that   
   may show up before they get going again.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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