RosemontCrest wrote:
On 9/19/2020 5:19 PM, T wrote:
On 2020-09-14 16:19, songbird wrote:
but what it may
also indicate is uneven watering

You may have nailed it.Â* Now that it is cooler, the problem
has vanished

Other than evaporation, what does temperature have to do with hydration?

transpiration through the leaves.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpiration


however, this is BER we're talking about and the basic
problem during really hot weather is keeping nutrients and
water flowing towards the fruits evenly. if you have changes
then that affects the quality of the fruits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calciu...plant_disorder)

peppers and tomatoes have the same sorts of reactions to
uneven water and nutrient levels.

here when it gets hotter i increase the amount i'm watering
to offset transpiration and evaporative losses. this year we
had a really hot spell early in the season and normally that
would result in some BER here, but because i watered more to
offset i had no BER this year at all in the tomatoes. the
few pepper plants i was growing i did not water as much at
that time and most of the fruits on the bell peppers were
stunted and poor quality with many showing signs of BER.


songbird