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AlmaDelita
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Need a bit of help with tomato plants
#28390414 - 07/09/23 02:39 PM (6 months, 17 days ago) |
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So I have a four foot vine tomato plant, grown from seeds. As much as most of the fruits look great, a few have some side blossom end rot (blossom side rot?) So I went to feeding them calcium and lowered nitrogen, but a mixture of high calcium milk and water. From twice every week or so to now three times a week. Still dealing with it a bit. What happened? I didn't have this problem before for a few years before this annoying situation.
(1.) Is a milk and water calcium feeding not very good? (2.) Do I have to go to an NPK high ratio fertilizer again, like before they started flowering/fruiting. (3.) Do I need to switch to a better fertilizer? (4.) Could it be the poor clay soil they were planted in? (in the backyard ground) (5.) Could this vine tomato just be a big-eater, needing a lot of fertilizer and calcium? Never grew this type before.
 
Please help me out if you can, thank you!
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Re: Need a bit of help with tomato plants [Re: AlmaDelita] 1
#28390751 - 07/09/23 07:37 PM (6 months, 16 days ago) |
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Maybe the magnesium in Epsom salt will help them uptake calcium.
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Re: Need a bit of help with tomato plants [Re: Buster_Brown] 2
#28391075 - 07/10/23 06:31 AM (6 months, 16 days ago) |
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There's thirty different reasons why a plant may develop BER.
It can be as simple as overwatering. It can be as complicated as soil type + cation exchange issues.
Adding some magnesium would be a good start to ruling out calcium uptake issues.
Do you have any other forms of calcium in the soil? Eggshells, oyster shell (or other), kelp, etc?
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Re: Need a bit of help with tomato plants [Re: Tulipslave]
#28391169 - 07/10/23 08:53 AM (6 months, 16 days ago) |
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Thanks guys these are awesome replies!
@TulipSlave no dude, no eggshells or anythting other than freakin' milk-water. Maybe it is overwatering by the way, I water them a lot because the weather over here gets brutal hot and the soil dries out quickly.
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Re: Need a bit of help with tomato plants [Re: AlmaDelita]
#28392181 - 07/11/23 07:49 AM (6 months, 15 days ago) |
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 Milkwater??
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Re: Need a bit of help with tomato plants [Re: See_Ya_207]
#28392263 - 07/11/23 09:16 AM (6 months, 15 days ago) |
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That is what was stated multiple times.
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Re: Need a bit of help with tomato plants [Re: See_Ya_207] 1
#28392694 - 07/11/23 04:59 PM (6 months, 15 days ago) |
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Quote:
See_Ya_207 said:
 Milkwater??
Works great for cannabis that need readily available calcium 
Goat milk sprayed onto surfaces is a great way to kill powdery mildews
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Re: Need a bit of help with tomato plants [Re: Tulipslave]
#28392989 - 07/11/23 10:47 PM (6 months, 14 days ago) |
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@TulipSlave dude that might have been really good advice, slowing down on waterings for them for a few days they already look happier and healthier!
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Re: Need a bit of help with tomato plants [Re: AlmaDelita]
#28393176 - 07/12/23 06:41 AM (6 months, 14 days ago) |
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@OP What variety of tomato are you growing? It could be whats on the ground/heat stress/bugs. Mine have been a lot happier up on the porch than on the ground. Try that if you have the space to. I didnt have any luck one year and made that change the next. Keep a log of how many youre able to pick and eat.
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Re: Need a bit of help with tomato plants [Re: See_Ya_207]
#28393240 - 07/12/23 08:03 AM (6 months, 14 days ago) |
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Will do keep a log when they are fully ripened. I dunno I can show you the packet they came in. I know it sounds kinda funny, it just says "Tomatoes on a vine" so I think vine tomatoes. I can show you a picture of the package.
Yeah man good idea, I suspect they don't care much for the heavy clay soil in the backyard. Thanks for your input!
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