Hi there, bumping up this old thread because I think I've figured out what's going on.
We tried planting a variety of non-tomatoes in this part of the garden in 2022, and nothing grew at all! Frustrating.
Going to run a soil analysis later, but suspicions are the soil is empty of any nitrogen, same as pre-season 2021.
This weekend I removed the stunted, dead plants, and as I worked my hands in the soil, there was a massive maze of roots. Heavy, strong, living network of roots.. I remember cutting through a bunch of roots when I first did the double-till thing in 2021, but didn't think much of it then.
Something's growing in and pulling the nutrients out, creating too much competition and the fruits/veggies can't grow. Could be the nearby trees.
Thoughts? Ideas how to overcome this?
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