Diseased potatoes may infect healthy tomatoes

Potatoes and tomatoes should be planted in a vegetable areas as far as possible away from each other, as otherwise the tomatoes may be affected by fungi, as can be read on the German website shortnews.de. The best solution is not to plant one of the two vegetable varieties. Because diseased potatoes may infect tomatoes. The potato disease may be transmitted in various ways. For instance the wind may move the spores of the Phytrophthora-fungus to tomatoes, as per the Landbouwschap North-Rhine-Westfalen.