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Re: An Old Wives Tale

Blosum end rot on tomatos can be slowed or detered by keeping your watering
consistant during flowering and fruiting

At 01:28 PM 3/13/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Richard and Dawn,
>
>> At 12:09 PM 3/12/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>>Hi everyone,
>>>I need to check out an old wives tale.  My greatgrandma used to tell me to
>>>save the water off of boiled eggs and to use it in the garden.  She'd say it
>>>made the plants grow better.  I was wondering if this might be due to the
>>>calcium from the shells leaching into the water.  If this is so, would it
>>>deter blossom end rot in my container tomatoes?
>>>Last year I had a problem with my container tomatoes and I'm looking for a
>>>cheap and easy way of fixing it.  I'm gona experiment with it this year and
>>>see if it helps.  If anyone else has heard of this or knows of any sites,
>>>please let me know.  If anyone one thinks this might hurt, please let me
>>>know.  I won't be experimenting right away.
>>>Thanks and Good Gardening
>>>Dawn
>>>Long Beach CA (Zone 10)
>>>
>>>
>> I believe i have heard this one before. I don't know if it's true, but it
>> sounds plausible. I know from experience that calcium-rich lime does deter
>> blossom end rot. I don't know how calcium is supposed affect growth.
>
>> @->-`-,-------------------------------+
>>|  Cousin Ricky      USDA zone 11     |
>>|  rcallwo@uvi.edu   formerly zone 6  |
>> +-------------------------------------+
>
>Calcium is a very important nutrient to plants, necessary to form pectin which
>binds cells together.  Blossum end rot is a symptom of calcium deficiency in
>tomatoes.  Adding ground limestone, dolomite lime, bone meal, wood ashes or
>oyster shells will to the soil mix will help supply calcium.
>
>   ____________________
>  |                    |
>  |     Bob Carter     | Kootenay Bay
>  |  bcarter@awinc.com | BC, Canada
>  |____________________|
>
>
>Plasma is another matter.
>
>
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