Re: Tomatoes! blossom end rot

I'm sure that would do fine.  I do eat eggs (4 a week) so this gives me a
good way to recycle the shells and save a few bucks at the same time.

On 7/13/07, james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> You can get ground oyster shell at a feed store. Cheap.
>
> On Jul 12, 2007, at 9:20 PM, Theresa W wrote:
>
> > I don't eat eggs very much, so I think I'll need to go buy some
> > calcium.  But thanks for the info.
> >
> > Theresa
> >
> > Pam Evans wrote:
> >> Theresa, I always save my eggshells, let them dry and grind them up.
> >> I mix
> >> them into the ground when I plant peppers and tomatoes and top dress
> >> w/
> >> crushed eggshell once a month thereafter.  No more blossom end rot.
> >> Quit
> >> eating and growing tomatoes about 5 years ago (horrendous heartburn)
> >> but it
> >> always worked.
> >> On 7/12/07, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
> >>> NOW...if I can just manage to harvest a tomato!!! I have some small
> >>> ones
> >>> growing from the baskets, but with the overcast weather we have had
> >>> for
> >>> over a MONTH now, they don't get the sunshine they need. Still got my
> >>> fingers crossed though. I LOVE the fact that the cutworms cannot get
> >>> them. I hate to kill those because they become luna moths and I think
> >>> they are beautiful - this way it's a win/win situation (so far).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Lynda Young <lyoung@grindertaber.com> wrote:
> >>> That's interesting, Jesse. I, too, have miserable luck with tomatoes
> >>> and
> >>> have been wondering if those planters are worth the investment. I
> >>> might
> >>> have to give them a try. Thanks for the testimonial.
> >>>
> >>> Lynda
> >>> Zone 7 West TN
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> >>> Behalf
> >>> Of Jesse Bell
> >>> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 1:02 PM
> >>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tomatoes!
> >>>
> >>> O.K. - my 2 cents worth and experiment with tomatoes this year. I
> >>> grew
> >>> the BEST tomatoes when I lived in Kansas City, and since then, I
> >>> cannot
> >>> seem to grow them for many reasons (Texas - too hot, too many
> >>> grasshoppers that loved them, Oklahoma - those tomato worms either
> >>> eat
> >>> them to the ground in one day while I'm at work (grrrrr) or the
> >>> weather
> >>> is so crazy, they rot or dry up. SO - this year I bought two of those
> >>> "hang-upside-down" planters from Gardeners Supply. I ordered the
> >>> special
> >>> dirt too. They hang on my back porch where the rain won't soak them
> >>> (this year that has been a blessing), I can control the water they
> >>> get,
> >>> and they get plenty of sunshine, but shade too. So far - the cut
> >>> worms
> >>> have not been able to find them either. Haven't seen any spider webs
> >>> on
> >>> them. My other tomatoes are in large pots and have either rotted from
> >>> too much rain, or the cut worms got them, OR the blossom end rot has
> >>> them. So far, my hand-upside-down planters are the best ones so far.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Here is the link for the planter:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> http://www.gardeners.com/Topsy-Turvy-Vegetable-Planter/default/
> >>> StandardCatal
> >>> og.PotsPlanters_HangingPlanters.36-450.cpd
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:
> >>> I grow several varieties of cherry tomatoes in pots in my breezeway,
> >>> and they all do much better than those in the regular garden - either
> >>> the small ones or the standard size. The cherries are beginning to
> >>> ripen and are so heavily loaded with fruit that some branches are
> >>> breaking - helped by the squirrels that climb into the pots to get
> >>> up to the bird-feeder. They do take a lot of water - sometimes
> >>> twice a day in really hot weather - but I have grown them this way
> >>> for years.
> >>> The standard size in my garden are just beginning to set fruit. I
> >>> never expect to have ripe tomatoes before the first of August, but
> >>> the very cool nights earlier this summer - it was 41 degrees on
> >>> July 2 - inhibited the setting of fruit. Even the local farm market
> >>> does not have ripe tomatoes yet this summer.
> >>> Auralie
> >>>
> >>> In a message dated 07/12/2007 11:08:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> >>> tchessie1@sbcglobal.net writes:
> >>>
> >>> Thanks Patricia- I think that is may be impossible to keep a tomato
> >>> plant evenly waters in a pot here. On the 4th of July it was 110,
> >>> yesterday we had the oddest weather and it was only 87 and cloudy.
> >>> So,
> >>> I'll try adding some calcium to the soil and hope for the best. It is
> >>> doesn't work, then oh well. I have 5 other plants in the garden with
> >>> no
> >>> problems. I'll just know not to plant in a pot int he future.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>> Jesse R. Bell
> >>>
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> Island Jim
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> Sunset Zone 25
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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