Re: Tomato Disappointment

Your bill reminds me of living in South Texas during a drought.  My father
diverted the wash rinse water to the garden to save it.  Sponge bath coming
up.


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 7/25/2006 6:09:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tomato Disappointment
>
> Good grief! Sounds to me like you have to be thrifty to bathe.
>
> About the calcium--you can also buy ground oyster shells [grit] at 
> feed/pet stores.
>
> On Jul 25, 2006, at 5:53 PM, Pam Evans wrote:
>
> > 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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> Island Jim
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