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!
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!!
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!
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.
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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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
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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Blossom End Rot on Tomatoes
Posted - Aug 15 2010 : 8:31:46 PM
