[AlittleSalt]

This could go in the Garden Diseases section, and I'm sharing this thread in the 'Containers Growing' thread that I started last year. I grew 4 extra tomato plants and six extra pepper plants in case they were needed as a replacements. One of the tomato plants was needed as a replacement. I chose Brad's Atomic Grape. Nothing different about growing backups.

In about an hour, it will be May 14 which is past time to replace tomato plants here in this part of Texas. Pepper plants have a 180+ day growing season here. So what to do with the 3 extra tomato plants and 6 extra pepper plants? That's where "Planting in a different way" is actually in the middle stage.

The first stage began last year. I'm one of those kind of people who cannot stand dirty dishes so I wash as I cook. I don't like weeds in my garden. When I saw a raised garden infected with RKN and FW3 - my thoughts were to just get rid of it. I was depressed and confused - and I let it go...with some different thoughts. Along the way, the weeds grew and they went to seed. I did nothing, and a sort-of winter happened - and I still didn't do anything. Then the spring weeds started growing in that raised bed. It was difficult for me to watch, but it is what I planned.

I planted out those extras today in amongst those weeds. Exactly what I have read not to do. I'm hoping the weeds have taken in their share of RKN. If it works, it does. If it doesn't work - I can say that I tried.