"Fito" wrote in message
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"fireman182" wrote in message
s.com...
.. I have 3 potted roma
tomatoe plants and have noticed that when the fruit starts to ripen,
the bottoms of the fruit rot. What can cause this and is there a
remedy for this? Go he
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/t...444023571.html

Fito

One disagreement about what they say concerning the use of lime in the
Gardenweb site:

I have stopped blossom end rot within 2-3 weeks just by scratching a small
amount of lime into the dirt around the base of the plant, and then watering
it in good.