Comments on: Tomato Blossom End Rot

By: bhoge

bhoge — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:16:07 +0000

Is bone meal good for ca+?

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:43:19 +0000

The cracking is usually due to uneven watering or dry conditions followed by periods of heavy precipitation. Try watering the tomatoes on a regular basis without allowing the soil to completely dry out and see if that helps relieve the cracking on your tomato fruits.

By: Damon

Damon — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:07:42 +0000

My tomatoes, growing in pots, are cracking at the top of the fruit where the stem connects to the fruit….what is causing this and how can I prevent it? Thanks for all your help.

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:57:06 +0000

Hi Kahealani, you are very welcome, thanks for visiting this site and for sharing your experiences with blossom end rot and growing tomatoes in containers. I’m glad that I could be of assistance!

By: Kahealani Love

Kahealani Love — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:01:18 +0000

I live in an apartment, so I have grow my veggies in containers. I grew veggies every year for five years except for last year due to frustration and disapointment. In the years befor last year I had to water 3 times a day, to try and combat blossom end rot and try to keep even moisture in my planters. Even with that I still lost at least a third of my crop. I almost didn’t plant this year because it was too time consuming and too frustrating for me, but my husband said “if u don’t plant this year, then I’m gointo”, because he didn’t want to go another year without fresh veggies. Being that he’s never had anything to do with my garden in the past (with the exception of enjoying the harvest) I wasn’t about to leave it to him.
Before planting anything I did a little research and found this page, “what a life saver” this site has been.
Thanks to Kenny’s advice about adding plenty of organic matter to my planters,I have forty tomato plants, all in containers and planters and not one fruit with blossom end rot and even here in the high desert of Reno, NV I’m only watering once a day in 100 degree weather, rather than three times a day like I had to in previous years.
Thanks Kenny for the awesome advice!
Kahea - Reno, NV

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:29:44 +0000

Damon, that doesn’t sound like too much water for tomato plants that are growing in containers. With the weather as hot as it is you could even water them a couple of times per day as long as the containers have good drainage to allow any excess water to drain off.

By: Damon

Damon — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:22:14 +0000

I have tomatoes in large pots and I have blossoem end rot. Our weather has been in the 90’s and near 100 for the past few weeks and I water the plants every morning and soak them real good….is that too much water? how do I know how much water they need as by the end of the day, the soil is dry. Help!

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