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| schoolmama |
Posted - Aug 08 2011 : 10:38:17 PM
I am so upset! I was excited to see several nearly ripe tomatoes,and looked a little closer and they are all rotten, just on the bottom. A huge black nasty circle on them all!!!
I think I should just give up gardening. Last year hardly anything grew due to too much rain, this year it's too dry and my tomatoes are rotting! My pepper plants have not blossoms,and my raspberry bushes are just about bare.  |
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| StrawHouseRanch |
Posted - Aug 10 2011 : 06:21:45 AM
I mixed eggshell into the soil at the site of each tomato plant this year and I didn't get any blossom end rot. It has taken ALL summer for the tomatoes to finally start to turn, so it is a race to see who gets them first now, me or the worms. I don't feel so bad when I get one with a worm hole though because I toss it over to the chickens and they have a big hen party with it.
Paula
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| rough start farmgirl |
Posted - Aug 10 2011 : 03:21:37 AM
I get a few tomatoes like that every year. Like the other gals said, all is not lost. Keep your chin up. Even seasoned pros have tough years.
Marianne |
| AuntieM |
Posted - Aug 09 2011 : 12:47:09 PM
You need to side dress with lime to prevent the blossom end rot from developing on future fruits. This is something we just automatically do every year now. And the watering needs to be even and consistent. It's probably not too late! Good luck! |
| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Aug 09 2011 : 04:10:44 AM
That is called blossom end rot. You can still eat the tomatoe, just cut off the black spot. It is usually caused by sporatic watering.
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