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- From: Rodney Eveland <Reveland@WYOMING.com>
- To: Nafex <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells
- Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 14:46:35 -0700
>Hi,
>My experience is that drought is the main cause of blossom end rot on
>tomatoes. In my experience roma varieties suffer most from this during
>drought, possibly due to the shape.
>With no water coming into the carrying nutrients, the plant steals what
>it needs from the fruit. A blister occurs in the fruit and the rot
>develops from there.
We are hearing that blossom end rot is caused by a lack of calcium
combined with improper watering practices and variety.
http://extension.usu.edu/plantpath/vegetables/v_blossomendrot.htm
http://cesacramento.ucdavis.edu/Master_Gardener/1998_Tomato_Variety_Trials.htm
http://msucares.com/newsletters/pests/infobytes/19990204.htm
This next url states that one can get it even with adequate calcium.
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_hfrr/extensn/problems/blendrot.htm
This last one list some varieties with a bit of resistance.
http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/vegetable/blossomrot/blossomrot.htm
My Early Girl's were not able to resistant one year when I went on
vacation.
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[NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells,
Thomas Olenio, 01/04/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells,
Steve N. Dulaney, 01/04/2003
- Re: [NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells, Thomas Olenio, 01/04/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells,
Ginda Kaplan Fisher, 01/04/2003
- Re: [NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells, nottke, 01/04/2003
- Re: [NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells, Lucky Pittman, 01/06/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells,
John Barbowski, 01/04/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells,
Thomas Olenio, 01/04/2003
- Re: [NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells, road's end farm, 01/04/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells,
Thomas Olenio, 01/04/2003
- Re: [NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells, Rodney Eveland, 01/05/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells,
Steve N. Dulaney, 01/04/2003
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