Re: Feels like summer

yes, calcium helps prevent the blossom end rot on tomatoes & bell peppers.
I save and crush my eggshells to top dress mine every three weeks or so.

On 4/21/09, Cornergar@aol.com <Cornergar@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Cyndi, Haven't had a problem with blossom end rot since I started putting a
> handful of crushed eggshells in the bottom of the planting hole. Could be
> a  coincidence I guess, but I'm not going to quit doing it! Kathy
>
>
> In a message dated 4/21/2009 2:04:15 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil writes:
>
> That's  just what I would expect and why I don't think my husband's idea
> is going  to work either. He thinks they will use water more efficiently
> because it  will be contained instead of spreading out through the soil.
> He sees the  root volume of the plants when we pull the dead ones up
> during the winter  and figures that's all he needs to worry about, but I
> am sure the root  volume of a dead plant yanked out of the ground is not
> the same as a living  plant with all its tiny feeder roots spread through
> the soil.
> So we'll  see. I have had such problems with blossom end rot on my
> tomatoes for the  last few years he may just do better than me  anyway!
>
> Cyndi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of  james singer
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:17 AM
> To:  gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Feels like summer
>
> I found  that--limited production--true of tomatoes in hanging baskets,
> never mind  upside down. Shade is likely part of the problem but so too
> is limited soil  volume for root development. Even the famous Patio
> tomato requires a fairly  substantial pot size to reach its production
> potential.
>
> On Apr 21,  2009, at 9:04 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>
> > I will say this...the upside  down ones did not produce much fruit.
> > BUT - I
> > think it's  because they didn't get enough sun.  They were hanging on
> >  our
> > back porch.  The ones that I had in BIG clay pots, on the  ground,
> > produced a
> > lot - and had more sun.  But they were  not the same kind of tomato.
> > Guess
> > you'd have to do the  experiment type thing, same plant, same location,
> > different potting  styles and see what happens.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/21/09,  holmesbm@usit.net <holmesbm@usit.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> My  neighbors are trying some this year.  You constantly feed  them
> >> with
> >> water and fertilizer.  I guess they are  handy for those with
> >> porches.  Last
> >> year, one of  the same neighbors tried pots.  I gave him a volunteer
> >> that  he
> >> put in the ground.  The ground one outproduced the  potted.  I am very
> >> curious to see how these upside-down ones  do.
> >>
> >>
> >>> [Original Message]
> >>>  From: james singer <inlandjim1@q.com>
> >>> To:  <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Date: 4/21/2009 11:44:46  AM
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Feels like  summer
> >>>
> >>> My thought exactly. I suppose it's  possible... it's just not
> >>>  probable.
> >>>
> >>> On Apr 21, 2009, at 8:18 AM,  Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/
> >>> SCOSI  wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Are those the upside-down planters?  My sister bought some. I am
> >>>> thinking
> >>>>  that millions of years of evolution programmed roots to grow  down
> >>>> and
> >>>> leaves to grow up, so turning  it over would be a setback...but if
> >>>>  people
> >>>> have fun with it all the  better.
> >>>>
> >>>>  Cyndi
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>  -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net  [mailto:owner-
> >>>> gardenchat@hort.net] On
> >>>>  Behalf Of Betsy Kelson
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 4:25  AM
> >>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>> Subject:  Re: [CHAT] Feels like summer
> >>>>
> >>>> Well  Cyndi,
> >>>>       I have found that folks  are just crazy for tomatoes and
> >>>> will  do
> >>>> anythng for them. This is the first year that we  carried Topsy
> >>>> Turvy
> >>>>  Tomato
> >>>> planters(AS SEEN ON TV) Folks can buy them on QVC,  at Home Depot,
> >>>> and at
> >>>>  our
> >>>> garden center. And at $15 a pop, we have had to do  little to
> >>>> promote
> >>>>  them.
> >>>> Funny!!!
> >>>>     My sunday was not as pleasant as yours though. DH and  I
> >>>> shoveled
> >>>> away 31" of heavy snow on  the driveway and in front of the
> >>>> garage.  It
> >>>> only
> >>>> took us 4 hours in the sun. It  should be in the 60's here during
> >>>> the
> >>>>  week.
> >>>>
> >>>> Hang on Spring isn't over yet in  the Rockies
> >>>>
> >>>> betsy
> >>>>  evergreen co 31 degrees at 6am
> >>>> ----- Original Message  -----
> >>>> From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95  CS/SCOSI"
> >>>>  <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> >>>> To:  <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009  5:26 PM
> >>>> Subject: [CHAT] Feels like  summer
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> It was  a very short while ago I was complaining about being  cold.
> >>>>> Someone turned up the thermostat, because now  we're getting
> >>>>> temps in
> >>>>  the
> >>>>> 90s. Ah spring, can't make up its mind what to  do.
> >>>>> Saturday we rode with a group we just joined, a  longish ride
> >>>>> through
> >>>>> some  hills to a local restaurant. Never been there before,  very
> >>>>> horsey
> >>>>> area obviously  since the place has several hitching rails outside.
> >>>>  Nice
> >>>>> weather. Fewer wildflowers than I expected to  see, it is already
> >>>> getting
> >>>>> too dry  for them. Ceanothus is in bloom though, I wish it  would
> >>>>> grow
> >>>>  in
> >>>>> my garden.
> >>>>> Sunday was even  hotter. I pulled the row cover off the peas and
> >>>>>  the
> >>>> bed
> >>>>> of lettuce and spinach.  Peas are looking pretty good. Lettuce and
> >>>>> spinach,  what's there looks good but the germination is spotty. I
> >>>>  always
> >>>>> wonder why I get the kinds of germination I do.  I'll have one row
> >>>> where
> >>>>> half of it  doesn't germinate, other rows where every seed comes
> >>>>>  up,
> >>>>> or
> >>>>> spots maybe 12 inches  long where there's nothing. I wonder if it's
> >>>>> insects,  ants maybe.
> >>>>> I dithered about planting beans right up  until the point where I
> >>>> opened
> >>>>> the  seed cabinet and discovered I have no bean seeds. Okay  no
> >>>>> beans.
> >>>>> I'll fill out the  beds with more tomato plants, I was only going
> >>>>>  to
> >>>> put
> >>>>> in five but ten will be  better.  Husband is experimenting with his
> >>>>> tomato  plants too, he's got a number of largish buckets and  put
> >>>>> drain
> >>>>> holes in them and  buried them. I think his idea is to fill them
> >>>>>  with
> >>>>> dirt and that moisture-retaining crystal stuff,  plant the
> >>>>> tomatoes in
> >>>>> them,  and they will take less water than conventional planting.  I
> >>>> think
> >>>>> it won't work like he  thinks but I'll watch with interest.
> >>>>> I'll have roses  in bloom within a week. Iris are starting,
> >>>>>  daffodils
> >>>> are
> >>>>> gone, lilacs are  almost gone, weeds are rampant.  I need time to
> >>>>>  pull
> >>>>>  weeds!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  Cyndi
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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> >>> 39.9"  Precipitation
> >>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
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> > Jesse R.  Bell
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