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Anyone grow their own tomatoes? I have a problem!
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pnbplus1
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Mommy
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Anyone grow their own tomatoes? I have a problem!
I planted 3 tomato plants, the plants have plenty of room and good soil.
My cherry tomato and non-acid yellow tomato plants are doing really well BUT just today I noticed that my plum tomato plant is not doing well at all! It was the last to bloom (get yellow flowers and then tomatoes) and now it has plenty of plum tomatoes growing but the bottom of each tomato looks like it is rotten, it's black!
What can I do? I have no idea what happened? Anyone know if my plum tomato crop can be saved?
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Posted 7/25/11 1:08 PM  |
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MrsMcNuzzi
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Lori
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Re: Anyone grow their own tomatoes? I have a problem!
sounds like the blight
tomato blight
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| Posted 7/25/11 1:18 PM |
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pnbplus1
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Re: Anyone grow their own tomatoes? I have a problem!
It's not this but thanks to your post, I was able to find out what I think it is - it's tomato blossom-end rot. I was typing and got to "tomato b" when I saw "tomato bottom rot" on the drop down.
Still, would appreciate any tips on how to keep my tomato plants healthy. This is my 1st year planting on my own
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| Posted 7/25/11 1:39 PM |
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livdrl112
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Re: Anyone grow their own tomatoes? I have a problem!
We had that happen a couple of years..just found out recently that its not an infection as it is caused by calcium deficiency in the soil. The only way to prevent it from happening is to add calcium to the soil before the plant starts growing. You can try adding some liquid calcium or crushing some eggshells under the plant. Meanwhile, you can have the rest of the tomatoes.
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| Posted 7/25/11 4:00 PM |
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