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Tomatoes
On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:02:01 -0400, Bill who putters wrote:
In article , piedmont wrote: I have a tiny garden, actually one bush tomato in a 10 gallon pot. Well I'm fed up with the commercial tomatoes, year after year I get nothing! This year instead of an indeterminate I went with a bush. Getting rampant bottom rot, tomato turns black on bottom and works all the way up, I added calcium as in crushed up tums, I fertilize with special tomato fertilizer and have watered frequently. Its not too late to get another already started tomato, any suggestions! I remember as a kid tomatoes were easy and always good. What the heck can I do! I want tomato this year!!!!!! Next year I'm going back to Amish Heritage!!!!!!! "At least once a week, it is advisable to leach all the unused fertilizer out of the soil mix by watering with tap water. Add sufficient water to the container to cause free drainage from the bottom. This practice will prevent any buildup of injurious materials in the soil mix. Occasionally, it is a good idea to water with a nutrient solution containing minor elements. Use a water-soluble fertilizer containing iron, zinc, boron and manganese, and follow label directions." Found in http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/e...container.htmL I did this yesterday, flushed with about 2 gallons of water on a whim. Today I'm going to buy two different types of in determinants to plant in the earth hoping between the three I just might be able to enjoy a real tomato once again. -- regards, piedmont ~ the practical bbq'r! http://sites.google.com/site/thepracticalbbqr/ |
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Tomatoes
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 18:46:43 +0000 (UTC), piedmont wrote:
I have a tiny garden, actually one bush tomato in a 10 gallon pot. Well I'm fed up with the commercial tomatoes, year after year I get nothing! This year instead of an indeterminate I went with a bush. Getting rampant bottom rot, tomato turns black on bottom and works all the way up, I added calcium as in crushed up tums, I fertilize with special tomato fertilizer and have watered frequently. Its not too late to get another already started tomato, any suggestions! I remember as a kid tomatoes were easy and always good. What the heck can I do! I want tomato this year!!!!!! Next year I'm going back to Amish Heritage!!!!!!! http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/p...ver/index.html Good pictures and information here. -- USA North Carolina Foothills USDA Zone 7a |
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Tomatoes
On Jun 6, 8:04Â*am, piedmont wrote:
On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:02:01 -0400, Bill who putters wrote: In article , piedmont wrote: I have a tiny garden, actually one bush tomato in a 10 gallon pot. Well I'm fed up with the commercial tomatoes, year after year I get nothing! This year instead of an indeterminate I went with a bush. Getting rampant bottom rot, tomato turns black on bottom and works all the way up, I added calcium as in crushed up tums, I fertilize with special tomato fertilizer and have watered frequently. Its not too late to get another already started tomato, any suggestions! I remember as a kid tomatoes were easy and always good. What the heck can I do! I want tomato this year!!!!!! Next year I'm going back to Amish Heritage!!!!!!! "At least once a week, it is advisable to leach all the unused fertilizer out of the soil mix by watering with tap water. Add sufficient water to the container to cause free drainage from the bottom. This practice will prevent any buildup of injurious materials in the soil mix. Occasionally, it is a good idea to water with a nutrient solution containing minor elements. Use a water-soluble fertilizer containing iron, zinc, boron and manganese, and follow label directions." Â*Found in Â*http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/e...container.htmL I did this yesterday, flushed with about 2 gallons of water on a whim. Today I'm going to buy two different types of in determinants to plant in the earth hoping between the three I just might be able to enjoy a real tomato once again. -- regards, piedmont ~ the practical bbq'r! http://sites.google.com/site/thepracticalbbqr/- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - To add my 2 cents worth: every year at start of season I add a handfull of ground limestone to my pots and have never had blossom end rot since. The calcium will not cure tomatoes already affected but next ones on plant should be OK. A couple of Tums may not have been enough. The 40 lbs. of limestone I bought years ago, cheaper than Tums, should last me for the rest of my life |
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