Planting Tomatoes in the Same Spot: Risks and Workarounds

Crop rotation is ideal to avoid soil-borne diseases, but planting tomatoes in the same bed year after year isn’t fatal. Amend soil heavily each year, mulch well to suppress leaf diseases, and if wilt appears, excavate and replace the soil with “clean” soil from a non-tomato area. Many gardeners successfully reuse the same raised bed for years with diligent care.