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Expert Tips for Tomato Cultivation in October and Disease Management
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News18•11-10-2026, 20:28
Expert Tips for Tomato Cultivation in October and Disease Management
- •Prepare the tomato nursery about 15 centimeters above the ground level and ensure proper drainage to prevent fungal and bacterial diseases like damping-off.
- •Perform seed treatment using 2 to 2.5 grams of chemicals such as Captan, Thiram, or Carbendazim per kilogram of seeds before sowing.
- •Protect the crop from early blight, late blight, and leaf spots by spraying Mancozeb and Metalaxyl at 2 grams per liter of water.
- •Manage bacterial spot by removing infected leaves and fruits, avoiding waterlogging, and spraying Copper Oxychloride at 0.2 to 0.3 percent.
- •Control leaf curl disease by monitoring whitefly infestations and applying organic pesticides on time to protect plant growth.
Key Questions Answered
To prevent damping-off disease in tomato nurseries, farmers should prepare the nursery beds about 15 centimeters above the ground level and ensure proper drainage arrangements to avoid water accumulation.
Agricultural scientists recommend treating tomato seeds using chemicals such as Captan, Thiram, or Carbendazim at a rate of 2 to 2.5 grams per kilogram of seeds before preparing the nursery.
To protect tomato crops from early blight, late blight, and leaf spot diseases, farmers can spray Mancozeb and Metalaxyl at a rate of 2 grams per liter of water.
