Welcome Veggie Gardener!
A Crop Rotation is in order.
You can do a few searches to find a rotation that works for your space.
I am limited on beds and rotation is an absolute chore, I have to pile compost in each bed. In Fall /Spring and throughout the season.
I only have 4 families I grow usually..
Genus cucurbita (Pumpkin/Squash/Gourds etc..)
Crucifer (Brassica) (Kale/ Collards etc..)
Solanaceous (Nightshade family) Tomato/ Eggplant /Peppers
(and Potato grown separately)
Root Crops (Carrot/ Turnip/ Radish etc.
You are most likely going to get little tomato seedling next year, I would let them grow a few inches then transplant them into different bed , a place none of the Nightshade family grew last year, if at all possible.
How many seasons did you have tomatoes (or family members) in that plot? The fruit that rotted, how did it rot? Did it have a solid circle on the bottom or brown lines (cracks) on the top near the stem, entry holes or just a natural age process?
NOTE:
Oh just for future knowledge, if the soil is that wet it is not advisable to till.
Many undesirables occur.
Flowers4Yeshua,
How do you burn soil?
Also one has to make certain that soy ink is not used for the newspaper, I know here in this whole SE Mi. it is .Soy Ink is not biodegradable.Concluded that in my beds, then researched.
I have not found any ills with unprinted cardboard.
I try to only till in fall if it is a must and in the spring if it is a new bed.
Kale
