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    • Lee County Area Forestry Association
  • Supporting Local Farms and Foods in Lee County
    • Sanford Farmers' Market
    • Market Event Calendar
    • 2025 Market Menu Cooking Challenge
    • 2024 Market Menu Recipes
    • 2023 Market Menu Recipes
    • 2022 Market Menu Recipes
    • Visit NC Farms
  • Pollinator Haven Garden
    • Great Southeast Pollinator Census in North Carolina
    • Bee Scavenger Hunt for Southeastern United States
    • The Pollinator Checklist: A Simple Community Science Tool From NC State Researchers
  • ROOTEd: Lee County Farm to Early Childcare and Education
    • Garden Blasts for Early Childcare Center School Gardens
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    • Extension Master Gardener℠ Program of Lee County
    • Becoming an Extension Master Gardener℠ Volunteer in Lee County
    • What is different about the Extension Master Gardener℠ Program?
    • Volunteer Opportunities with the Lee County Cooperative Extension Office
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  2. Tomato Help Pages for Home Gardeners

Tomato Help Pages for Home Gardeners

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Resource Links


NC State Plant Toolbox Page about Tomatoes

Best Practice for Pesticide Use in the Home Landscape

Extension Gardener Handbook Guide to Vegetable Gardening

Extension Gardener Handbook Integrated Pest [and Pollinator] Management Guide for Preventing and Treating Pests and Diseases while Protecting Pollinators and the Environment

Diseases


Early Blight (fungus Alternaria linariae)

Septoria Leaf Spot in Tomato (fungus Septoria lycopersici)

Southern Blight (fungus Agroathelia rolfsii (=Sclerotium rolfsii))

Fusarium Wilt (fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici)

Gray Mold (fungus Botrytis cinerea)

Tomato Late Blight (oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans)

Bacterial Spot (bacterium in the genus Xanthomonas)

Bacterial Wilt (bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum (formerly known as Pseudomonas solanacearum))

Damping-off in Flower and Vegetable Seedlings (various organisms- bacteria and fungi)

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