Battle The Tomato Mosiac-Virus

Described below is a scalable, anti-viral polyculture of plants.

For more information on polycultures please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyculture

Functions

• Treat viral infection of soil. Designed to battle the mosaic virus
• Source for ingredients for anti-viral compost tea
• Source for ingredients for herbal medicine
• Many edibles
• Fuel wood

Stop tilling the soil. If necessary do it once to remove as many dead roots as possible. Just remember you can’t get them all and throwing infected soil around isn’t a good idea.

Seed and/or transplant the following polyculture into the infected area. Plants are listed in order of importance.

-Lemon Balm – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_officinalis 
-Hyssop – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyssopus_officinalis 
-Annual Wormwood – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_annua 
-Red Clover – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifolium_pratense 
-Common Plantain – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantago_major 

If the area is large enough consider throwing in a few Poke Weed – (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytolacca_americana

If the area is larger still you can also inter-plant:

Red Oak – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_rubra
White Oak – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_alba
White Birch – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betula_papyrifera

All plants listed are highly antiviral.

Not all plants will thrive but some will. Encourage those.

Mulch between plants with any combination of the plants listed above.

If mulching with Oak or Birch know that the bark has the active ingredients.

Harvest from the polyculture as often as sustainable. Use that harvest as medicine, food, mulch or brew it into compost tea.

http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/how-to-make-compost-tea-why-you-should.html

This polyculture, mulching technique and compost tea spray can also be used on uninfected areas to prevent the spread of viral infections.