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- From: mckemie AT inetport.com
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Hillbilly tomatoes
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 13:36:02 -0500
On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 08:51:03AM -0400, Peg Cook wrote:
> Tom,
> Blossom End Rot results from a shortage of Calcium in the plant. The soil
> test may indicate sufficient Calcium, but, when hot, dry weather takes
> holds, BER "blossoms" quite well. There are BER potions on the market, but,
> if you keep sufficient moisture to the plants you will have less BER
> problems.
My perception is that it is just the opposite: tomatoes set in cooler
weather are likely to have the malady. Here, the problem crops up only
on the earlier fruit; for each plant, the later fruit is much less
likely to have it. A scant handful of bone meal in each planting
hole almost alleviates it for me.
--
Onward! Through the Fog!
Willie
http://austinfarm.org/homegrown
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Hillbilly tomatoes,
Tom Anslow, 08/04/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Hillbilly tomatoes, Peg Cook, 08/04/2001
- Re: Hillbilly tomatoes, mckemie, 08/04/2001
- Re: Hillbilly tomatoes, William McKay, 08/05/2001
- Re: Hillbilly tomatoes, Peg Cook, 08/05/2001
- Re: Hillbilly tomatoes, Bill Shoemaker, 08/06/2001
- Re:Hillbilly tomatoes, Tom Anslow, 08/07/2001
- Re:Hillbilly tomatoes, Bill Shoemaker, 08/07/2001
- Re:Hillbilly tomatoes, Brian and Jacqueline Potzkai, 08/07/2001
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