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27-08-2006, 01:32 PM
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Tomato blossom end rot
I seem to have a lot of BER this year, it's normally due to irregular
watering but I use a programmed watering system so it's not that. Can it be due to the hot/cold weather we have had during the season? Anyone else seeing more than their fair share of it? Brian |
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27-08-2006, 02:57 PM
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Tomato blossom end rot
"Ashnook" wrote
I seem to have a lot of BER this year, it's normally due to irregular watering but I use a programmed watering system so it's not that. Can it be due to the hot/cold weather we have had during the season? Anyone else seeing more than their fair share of it? Yes, many of my greenhouse toms have BER this year - first time I've ever had it. Touch wood the Gardeners' Delight seem to be okay, but the Alicante, Moneymaker and Shirley seem to be affected quite badly. |
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27-08-2006, 07:37 PM
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Tomato blossom end rot
There are two reasons why blossom end rot occurs, irregular watering or
it's a calcium deficiency. Ed |
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27-08-2006, 11:10 PM
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Tomato blossom end rot
Ed wrote ... There are two reasons why blossom end rot occurs, irregular watering or it's a calcium deficiency. Agree. Our new allotment plot has a low pH and whilst I limed the Brassica plot heavily I didn't think about the Toms and am suffering with BER as the acid soil (pH5.5) does not allow the plants to get enough calcium. Next year I will raise the pH where the Toms will go. -- Regards Bob H 17mls W. of London.UK |
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28-08-2006, 07:53 AM
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Tomato blossom end rot
Bob Hobden wrote:
Ed wrote ... There are two reasons why blossom end rot occurs, irregular watering or it's a calcium deficiency. Agree. Our new allotment plot has a low pH and whilst I limed the Brassica plot heavily I didn't think about the Toms and am suffering with BER as the acid soil (pH5.5) does not allow the plants to get enough calcium. Next year I will raise the pH where the Toms will go. I use an automatic watering system and if anything at times they were over watered but never dry. I feed Wed and Sat with liquid tomato feed so again this should not be a problem. I grow 3 to a grow bag. This is what I have always done with little or no BER, this year for the first time I have a lot of it. Temp in the summer have reached 40 even with everything open, now they don't get over 23 or 24. |
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