2006-08-02 01:29:52 · 10 answers · asked by Ginger G 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
It's called Blossom End Rot. It has nothing to do with any of the above causes. It is an enviromental thing you have no control over. look it up. someone asks this question here everyday. every single day. blossom end rot. search for your answer above in serch for questions
2006-08-02 02:19:44 · answer #1 · answered by Rabbit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is tomato rot. It's a fungus. Your tomatoes are still safe but you want to cut the rot off and probably just sauce those tomatoes.
You can stop growing tomatoes, or rotate them somewhere else in your yard, but to solve it....
Next spring you want to cover the ground in plastic and let it bake for a few days. It will kill the fungus. You may have to ammend the soil with more top soil because it does affect the nutrients. I think Organic Gardening magazine had an article about this a few years ago. That will give more detail to the process.
It's frustrating but it happens to most tomato growers at some point.
2006-08-02 10:59:42 · answer #2 · answered by adieu 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer about blossom end rot is correct. The site below will give you steps on how to go about curing it for future tomatoes:
"Blossom-end rot of tomatoes is a physiological disorder caused by a lack of sufficient calcium in the blossom end of the fruit. This disorder results in the decay of tomato fruits on their blossom end. Dry brown or tan areas the size of a dime, that grow to the size of a half dollar, characterize this disorder. This disorder is usually most severe following extremes in soil moisture (either too dry or too wet)."
Good luck!!
2006-08-02 10:18:30 · answer #3 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is Blossom End Rot. Go to Lowes and get the treatment for it and apply it right away. It can't help the current tomatoes but you should be set for the rest of the season's. Keep some BER treatment onhand every year if you love maters like I do!
2006-08-02 09:10:21 · answer #4 · answered by WriterMom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The issue is water. Too much, too little not really consistent. I lost all my tomatoes for the same reason. I grow them in 10" pots. Next year I am try a drip system on a timer to keep the watering consistent.
2006-08-02 08:36:16 · answer #5 · answered by Mercman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the tomatoes need watering. If they are the first tomatoes off of the plant, the following ones should be ok
2006-08-02 08:34:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like blossom end rot- usually a calcium issue. There is a foliar spry you can buy which feeds the p[lant calcium through the leaves. Next year save up egg shells to breack up and add to the planting hole.
2006-08-02 11:53:33 · answer #7 · answered by mluxia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yahzim is correct.
add lime to the soil before planting, mulch them, my Beefsteaks are suffering from it now also. lol. next year ill make the correction.
2006-08-02 23:22:32 · answer #8 · answered by cowboycoffee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too much water - need more sunlight
2006-08-02 08:33:59 · answer #9 · answered by bcgal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bugs and worms
2006-08-02 09:01:41 · answer #10 · answered by TONI K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋