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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 15 2010 : 8:31:46 PM
I have never had that happen before and I harvested the largest tomato in the patch today and it had a hard white slick patch on the bottom side. I was so disappointed. But I just cut away the bad part and ate it anyway!
Looks like I need to do a soil test!
Alee
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| Leilaht |
Posted - Aug 20 2010 : 2:48:51 PM
Blossom end rot is caused by lack of calcium in growing tomatoes too. I used to get it until I started putting egg shells in the soil under the plants when I planted. We are having trouble with black spot in MI this year. It is everywhere!
Liz
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| HealingTouch |
Posted - Aug 20 2010 : 07:22:19 AM
I had it too but only on my plum tomatoes. Now I don't have it anymore and I didn't do anything to them. A good farmer friend said his wife had it too. He said to spray with calcium. I also read it was from uneven watering. All my tomatoes are going strong now and I've been able to can a little at a time. I thought they might all ripen at once and kill me canning them.LOL
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DArlene
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| Annab |
Posted - Aug 20 2010 : 03:40:59 AM
Could this be from too much nitrogen??
Have heard hubby talk about this (he is a Horticulturist by trade)so not quite sure what the rememdy would be
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Aug 18 2010 : 3:42:27 PM
Hi Alee:
Yeap, I had that too. I also just cut that area off and ate the rest. We just finished pulling up the last five tomato plants. Our tomatos did good for a couple of months, then went downhill. Enjoy your tomatoes.
Marly
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| Patsy |
Posted - Aug 17 2010 : 06:50:14 AM
This is the first year I had blossom end rot too. It was on the first few tomatoes and I got them off the vine quickly and the next ones to come on were okay. They say it is from a lack of calcium in the soil and/or uneven watering.
Patsy
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| AuntieM |
Posted - Aug 16 2010 : 06:52:51 AM
We've had blossom end rot several times and the spot was always black, not white. And we always had it on the first few tomatoes to ripen. A side dressing of lime usually always takes care of the problem. Good luck! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Aug 15 2010 : 9:27:13 PM
Most of the time blossom end rot is from underwatering at some point. I do the same thing..just cut that spot away. They don't keep as well so those are the ones you eat first, right? So far I haven't had that problem this year but not many of mine have ripened yet..end of August beginning of Sept is tomato time here. I hope yours stop doing that!!
Jenny in Utah
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