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my toms have black bottoms, I think it may be due to dry weather but seeing as I live in spain that cant be helped however everyone else I know seems to be able to grow then without these black bases, any suggestions
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Blossom end rot?All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb. -
Got the same on tonnes of mine this year, also (I think) due to the dry weather. Tried searching for a way to fix it on here but search function doesn't include end or rot and there's a Lot of things with blossoms!
Mine stabilized as the plants stopped growing so quickly and as I watered more often but I lost a lot of plum tomatoes.
I have come across some suggestions on t'internet that say that mulching can help prevent it and that fertilizing with higher nitrogen fertilizers can exacerbate the condition on affected plants (though not sure how true that one is as mine did it with a low nitrogen feed initially).
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It's blossom end rot due to lack of calcium through irregular watering. Regular watering ensures that calcium is moved through the plant. I have a drip feed irrigation system and don't get it.Comment
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You need to include the "add" symbol.Originally posted by Rabidbun View Post
Blossom + end + rot will include all those words
All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Ah, thanks! Been bugging me for ages that, didn't realise there was a way around it!Originally posted by Two_Sheds View PostYou need to include the "add" symbol.
Blossom + end + rot will include all those words
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remove rotton toms and feed with chempak calcium once a week.
1 litre per plantComment
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Strange that an add for imodium appears below a thread with bottoms mentioned in it?
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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The blossom end rot doesn't usually affect all the tom. I just let them ripen, cut off the bad bit then eat the rest.Comment
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Bottom end rot
Its bottom end rot. I would pick them off and hope that some new ones will come. If you under-water them they can split. Keep watering them!
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Had this terribly with my romas - but non of the others....perhaps some toms are more suseptable?Comment
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I got it quite badly last year (or at least my tomatoes did!), but this year I'm only growing cherry varieties. Not had the problem once, even though I've been away for the odd hot weekend and come back to drooping plants.
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