So, what plants should I rotate to? Here's the text I copied from a 1981 report from the University of California Cooperative Extension:
V E G E T A B L E A N D F I E L D CROPS-Resistant or Immune
Common Name
Celery
Asparagus
Carrot
Sweet potato
Lettuce
Alfalfa
Bean
Pea
See complete report at http://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/resources/ucdavis_verticillium.pdf
Also, from the same report, there's this:
FAMILIES-Resistant or Immune
Common Name
Cactus family
Cereal grains, corn, grasses, milo, sorghum, others
Gymnosperms (cypress, fir, ginkgo, larch, juniper, pine, sequoia, spruce, others)
Monocots (bamboo, banana, gladiolus, grasses, iris, lily, onion, orchids, palms, others)
Fern family (ferns)
Beets are not on the list, but I have had very good success with them even when tomatoes have failed from the wilt. The jury's still out on this year's experiment with cabbage and brussels sprouts. They are not showing any signs of wilt. Other than getting a late start in the season, the only problem with them is the white butterflies that lay eggs and hatch little green caterpillars. Frequent leaf checks and dusting with diatomaceous earth are my remedies for that.
