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Re: Blossom-end rot

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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?

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> 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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