- Environmental problems in the tomato garden show up in the fruit. This includes blossom end rot, catfacing, leaf roll, cracking and sun scold. You can solve most of these problems through even watering and by adding calcium to the soil.
- Tomato plant diseases include damping off, different types of plant wilt, tobacco mosaic virus and blights. Only use tomato varieties that are resistant to these diseases. Crop rotation is another technique used to reduce these diseases.
- Ladybugs in the tomato garden can help control garden pests.ladybugs image by iChip from Fotolia.com
Insect problems in the tomato garden can include soil nematodes, cutworms, aphids, flea beetles and hornworms. The easiest solution to insect problems in tomatoes is to use a biological control such as ladybugs, lacewings, parastic wasps and Bacillus thuringiensis. Rotating tomato plants throughout the garden will also reduce insect infestations.
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