Planting disease resistant tomatoes is an important step in promoting healthy plant growth and a large harvest of delicious fruits. Tomato plants can be affected by many plant diseases including early blight, late blight, and verticillium wilt. Tomato breeders work hard to develop disease-resistant tomato varieties to help prevent or reduce the impact of common tomato diseases. When reading seed catalogs or seed packets, read the description carefully to discover if that variety is a disease resistant tomato. Below you’ll discover sixteen delicious, productive, and resilient disease resistant tomatoes like Galahad, Defiant PhR, Purple Zebra, and Sun Gold. Keep reading to learn more.
Why it’s important to plant disease resistant tomatoesTomato diseases are widespread and can affect the leaves, stems, roots, and fruits of tomato plants. Some, like early blight reduce yield, while others, like late blight, completely wipe out a crop. Tomato diseases are caused by a variety of pathogens including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and water molds. Common infections include early blight, fusarium wilt, septoria leaf spot, verticillium wilt, late blight, and tomato mosaic virus. The first step to preventing these issues is to plant disease resistant tomatoes.Becoming familiar with the signs of diseases, like wilting leaves, will help you take appropriate action when needed. Following good tomato growing practices such as proper spacing, mulching, and bottom watering also goes a long way in disease prevention. More on these practices at the bottom of this article, and visit this piece if you wish to read more about how to identify and control tomato diseases.
16 delicious and resilient disease resistant tomatoesTomatoes come in a wide
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