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rsg2001 · March 25, 2007

Does anyone have any experience using RootShield? I bought it to try to help combat fusarium this year. I used to use a product called SoilGuard (from GardensAlive) which seemed to have a protective effect but they discontinued it and the company that made it wasn't distributing it anywhere in the Northeast, and so I did without it last year (I did have 3-4 plants that had signs of fusarium although didn't die off completely). The prior couple of years I had no fusarium using SoilGuard.

I'm also a little nervous about fusarium this year because of the mild winter. The ground didn't freeze till toward the end of January and then only for a couple of weeks. One of my theories is that if the ground freezes really solid, it helps to combat it.

March 25, 2007	#1
rsg2001 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Zone 6 Posts: 479	RootShield Does anyone have any experience using RootShield? I bought it to try to help combat fusarium this year. I used to use a product called SoilGuard (from GardensAlive) which seemed to have a protective effect but they discontinued it and the company that made it wasn't distributing it anywhere in the Northeast, and so I did without it last year (I did have 3-4 plants that had signs of fusarium although didn't die off completely). The prior couple of years I had no fusarium using SoilGuard. I'm also a little nervous about fusarium this year because of the mild winter. The ground didn't freeze till toward the end of January and then only for a couple of weeks. One of my theories is that if the ground freezes really solid, it helps to combat it.