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Tue, Mar 14, 06 at 13:05
| I'm getting ready to start my plants for this year and am wondering if there is anything I can do to prevent a problem I've had over the past two seasons. Last year was worse than the year before and a majority of my tomatos developed brownish spots when they were still green. The spots weren't necessarily on the bottoms and as the fruit ripened the spots turned more of a grey or black color that looked like fuzzy mold growing on bread. I had three different plots with different tomatos and soil types in each plot. All of the plants had the same problem. The spots were generally about the size of a dime although some were bigger. I tried Stop-Rot and that didn't help. Can anyone tell me what these spots are, what is causing them and what I can do to prevent them this year? Thanks. |
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| If this is indeed blossum end rot, it is due to a lack of calcium. When we plant tomatoes we put a handful of ground limestone [available at Lowe's] around each plant. Some people put a handful in the hole for the roots but I've always been a little afraid of burning the roots with this method. We have used this as a dust on the plants as well. Regards, Tom |
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Sun, Apr 2, 06 at 8:36
| Did you have any spots on the leaves? Off hand it doesn't sound like BER to me. Carolyn |
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