Author: marlingardener
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:45 pm (GMT 0)
Welcome to the forum, and welcome back to gardening! Crop rotation in a vegetable garden isn't terribly important. It's nice to be able to rotate planting spots, but not absolutely necessary as long as you practice sanitation (removing dead/diseased plants, using mulch to keep dirt off leaves, cleaning up at the end of the season). That's the good news.
The bad news is that if your tomatoes suffered from a soil-borne disease (blight?) you shouldn't plant tomatoes in that spot again. The nasties that cause the disease are long-lived and will attack again if given a chance.
If your tomatoes did well in a raised bed, it will be safe to plant there again. Just add enough nutrients to compensate for what your tomatoes "ate" last year.
You'll have a great garden, and enjoy a lot of delicious vegetables (and strawberries!).
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