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Blossom-end rot

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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


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