Re: Tomato Disappointment

One month pumpkin.  32000 gallons.  100 bucks of that is sewage but they
don't do irrigation meters here, the goniffs.

On 7/25/06, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Good thing the house is paid for.... cause the water bill just became the
> new note.
>
> Tell me that is for 3-6 months...
>
> Donna
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 4:53:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tomato Disappointment
>
>
> Sue, if you eat eggs - save the shells (peel the membrane out) and grind
> them up and mix in the soil under the mulch around your peppers and
> tomatoes.  Prevents blossom end rot.  Works great and it's free.  You can
> buy liquid calcium but this is more economical!   Thus speaks the woman w/
> the 269 dollar water bill.  I have to be thrifty to afford my garden.
>
> On 7/25/06, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> wrote:
> >
> > Sadly I have lots of experience with this. You can still eat them, just
> > cut
> > off the bad part with a good bit of extra to make sure you don't get
> nasty
> > stuff. One problem is that the BER is not good for the tomato
> (obviously)
> > and so they can start turning red a lot earlier than they would
> > normally...I'm sure there's a name for this condition...but anyway you
> can
> > get a red tomato that's not actually ripe.
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf
> > Of SueNY
> > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 5:34 PM
> > To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
> > Cc: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: [CHAT] Tomato Disappointment
> >
> > I noticed that two of my Roma's are almost ripe. Unfortunately I noticed
> > they also have BER. Rats!! With the weird weather we've been having this
> > year it's been hard to get the watering even, especially with the
> regular
> > torrential rains we keep getting. Are tomatoes with BER edible still?
> Can
> > you cut off the end or is it best to just toss the whole thing?
> >
> > Sue
> >
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
> zone 8A
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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