tomato "blossom end rot" what to do? (long)
On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 18:00:58 GMT, "Lynn Coffelt"
wrote: OK, I've seen lots of posts here concerning blossom end rot, but didn't pay enough attention. It wouldn't happen to me. Question here is, what to do with infected tomatoes? It's too late to rip out and replant, and may happen again anyway, but should those showing the black bottom be picked (green) and disposed of? Last year we had the same problem, maybe one out of six exhibiting the problem. Same ratio this year it seems. Last year (since we only grow three or four plants) we kept them all, and just cut out the black end before eating them. Didn't seem to affect the taste any, and we could salvage more than half of each bum one. Go ahead, lay it on me, I know I should have paid more attention while lurking here over the past couple of years. Google on "blossom end rot" and follow a few of the excellent university research links. Then move to Google groups and look up past threads here. |
tomato "blossom end rot" what to do? (long)
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tomato "blossom end rot" what to do? (long)
On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 19:22:27 GMT, (Frogleg)
wrote: On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 18:00:58 GMT, "Lynn Coffelt" wrote: OK, I've seen lots of posts here concerning blossom end rot, but didn't pay enough attention. It wouldn't happen to me. snip Google on "blossom end rot" and follow a few of the excellent university research links. The first link, http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-28-d.html ought to do the trick. Clear, concise, cause & effect, solution. Jim |
tomato "blossom end rot" what to do? (long)
What I was told
don't use too much nitrogen water on a regular schedule This should solve the problems Nicole "Lynn Coffelt" wrote in message news:ubUra.413771$OV.421158@rwcrnsc54... OK, I've seen lots of posts here concerning blossom end rot, but didn't pay enough attention. It wouldn't happen to me. Question here is, what to do with infected tomatoes? It's too late to rip out and replant, and may happen again anyway, but should those showing the black bottom be picked (green) and disposed of? Last year we had the same problem, maybe one out of six exhibiting the problem. Same ratio this year it seems. Last year (since we only grow three or four plants) we kept them all, and just cut out the black end before eating them. Didn't seem to affect the taste any, and we could salvage more than half of each bum one. Go ahead, lay it on me, I know I should have paid more attention while lurking here over the past couple of years. Lynn |
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