Re: Growing anything you guys?
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- Subject: Re: Growing anything you guys?
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- Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 08:42:37 +0100 (BST)
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On Sat 07 Oct, Romeo Cormier wrote:
>
> Pretty much doing the same thing here in New Brunswick. Putting the
> beds to sleep for the winter. It has been a fairly good season
> despite al the rain. One problems I did have is that my tomatoes
> which were plentiful I must add were going bad real fast. They would
> start to rot from the bottom even if they were not touching
> anything. It has never happened to or not that bad. Any suggestion
> Romeo
That's blossom end rot. If the plants go through periods of insufficient
water at the roots it results in a calcium deficiency which causes this.
It is common with plants in small containers and especially with
soilless composts. Use a soil based compost and water more frequently in
hot weather. Ring culture or growing in soil beds would also help.
Allan
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Allan Day Hereford allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
