Pull up or turn under tomato plants?

which would be better? should I pull them out of the garden or allow them to be ground up when I turn the soil?

Pull up or turn under tomato plants?
The best thing to do is remove them from your garden. The reason for this is as the old plant decays it will cause soil mold in your root bed which after a few years of planting tomato's in the same spot will pull your plant food away from new plants and stun your crop.





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Reply:As long as it's healthy plant tissues you can plow them into your soil. But if there has been any signs of diseases such as spotted leaves, branches shriveling for no apparent reason, wilting or striped leaves, then do not do it.





If it's healthy it makes good compost when it decomposes.





If it's unhealthy you are just inoculating the ground to produce more disease next year.
Reply:I would pull them up, particularly if your plants had a bacteria or fungal disease. These can remain in the soil and cause problems the following year for plants that are susceptible to those pathogens.
Reply:We ground them up, the decaying plant matter provided fertilizer.