"Terryc" wrote in message
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Chookie wrote:

Could be, but blossom end rot is due to calcium deficiency. Try liming
your soil next season. Worked for me.

That is the first reason that everyone gives, except everything was limed.
The second reason is dry spell then heavy watering. Some say
"infrequent" watering.

i understand it's still the same thing though, just that the watering
problem exacerbates/causes the calcium problem. i looked this up when i
started getting blossom-end rot on every tomato just as we were getting some
ott storms & rain recently. i threw some lime around & it stopped happening.

i don't know if this was just a happy coincidence (could the calcium have
been uptaken that quickly?!) but at any rate, it stopped the blossom end rot
in its tracks. or something did. now there are plenty of nice tomatoes for
the birds & wallabies to eat!! many of them have split skins though, because
of the storms (waterlogging).
kylie


Same thing happened to a neighbour who has been growing them successfully
for years.