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Re: Blossom-end rot

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It's about 7.5 ph, watering has been extremely consistent and our temps
have been pretty moderate - mid 80s during day, cooling to 65 at night.

Varieties I'm growing:  Big Beef, Roma VF, Better Boy, Celebrity,
Champion and Yellow Pear.  The Yellow Pear has actually had the least
BER problems and the Roma has not had anymore BER than the other
varieties.  Hard to know what to do.  My soil has also been tested: 
fine in calcium levels, not too high in salinity.  Guess I'll just have
to live with it until I figure it out.

Kim, zone 9b, so cal

The Rosses wrote:
> 
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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> Check the archives and you will find comments from people who have been
> growing tomatoes in the same place for 20 - 30 years.  Apparently tomatoes
> need something in the soil, that is put there by the plant, that helps them
> along.  And if your soil is below a pH of 6.0 you should add limestone -
> calcium, and it will improve soil pH, make it more basic.
> 
> John Ross
> 
> ----------
> > From: Kim Kiernan <kkiernan@home.com>
> > To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
> > Subject: Re: Blossom-end rot
> > Date: Monday, August 02, 1999 3:25 PM
> >
> > Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> >
> > actually, according to the folks at our wonderful nursery here (they
> > specialize in organic gardening), blossom end rot (the kind usually from
> > calcium deficiency or irregular watering) is also caused by growing
> > tomatoes in the same location year after year.  I have been growing
> > tomatoes in the same spot for 6 years because I don't have anywhere else
> > to grow them.  They said that this is the reason why I can't get rid of
> > the problem, even though I never used to have this problem like this
> > before.  It seems to get worse every year.  They said that the only way
> > I can get rid of this problem is to replace the soil in the bed or  grow
> > them somewhere else.  I have been growing 1 tomato in a place that's
> > never had tomatoes before, getting the same water & native soil, and I
> > don't seem to have any BER problems there.  Interesting to think about,
> > as I've never heard this anywhere else before.  Any thoughts?
> > Kim, zone 9b, socal
> >
> > The Rosses wrote:
> > >
> > > Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> > >
> > > Very funny!!!  Blossom end rot is not a disease, usually does not cause
> any
> > > rot, and does not harm eating the fruit.  Bottom - or wherever rot, is
> a
> > > very different condition and does not result in a fruit that I would
> eat.
> > > But, Margaret, each to their own.  The post to which I was responding
> used
> > > both terms.  Too bad it was not noted.  English used to be a language
> of
> > > communication - but no more?
> > >
> > > ----------
> > > > From: margaret lauterbach <mlaute@micron.net>
> > > > To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
> > > > Subject: Re: Blossom-end rot
> > > > Date: Saturday, July 31, 1999 11:35 AM
> > > >
> > > > Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> > > >
> > > > At 10:52 AM 7/31/99 -0400, you wrote:
> > > > >Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> > > > >
> > > > >I think that we need to distinguish between blossom-end rot and
> bottom
> > > end
> > > > >rot.  The blossom-end rot is a circular brown or black patch at
> blossom
> > > end
> > > > >of fruit, which, despite disease's name, does not usually rot.
> > > Nonparasitic
> > > > >disease...Prevent...by never allowing soil to dry out...Also avoid
> > > > >irregular watering...Do not cultivate close to plants. (Reader's
> Digest,
> > > > >Illustrated Guide to Gardening, 1978).  I have had some bottom end
> rot
> > > in
> > > > >which the core of the tomato may turn black, but appears to be due
> to
> > > the
> > > > >fact that the fruit was in contact with the metal poles of the
> trellis
> > > or
> > > > >resting on another stem.
> > > > >
> > > > >John Ross, Zone 4, Northern NY
> > > > >
> > > > A rot may occur anywhere on any plant, but this is the first I've
> ever
> > > > heard of a "bottom end rot." Since the blossom end is the bottom end
> of a
> > > > tomato, that term usually suffices to describe any bottom rot. I'm
> not in
> > > > favor of complicating disease names by location if it hasn't been so
> > > > described in the past. Next thing you know, we'll have "mid-section
> rot"
> > > or
> > > > "top end rot" and no doubt Ortho will come up with two different
> sprays
> > > to
> > > > prevent same. Margaret L
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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