SIMPLE HACK STOPS’S Tomato Blossom END ROT | Not using eggs shells
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How do you stop the rot when you get weeks of rain?
I put in a irrigation system for my peppers and tomatoes and we get the wettest July in our history.
You're awesome, this is so cool
Great information
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That's some great information. I think I'm starting to realize that my tomato growing problems have a lot to do with getting them watered properly
I get these brown spots on the tomatoes that are on the side of the fruit. This year I have only had two tomatoes like that, but last year I had a lot until I did the old fashioned blossom end rot hints. I'm not sure if it is blossom end rot or not, but I do go out and water every day, pretty much.
Isn’t it also caused by overwatering?
Hi Mark, I love your videos. This year we have had record amounts of rain (with lots of flooding, though not where I live, and uncharacteristically cold weather; I should mention that I live in Switzerland). My tomato plants were doing amazingly well until this week when the rain finally stopped and the weather warmed up. Some of the tomato plants (all heirlooms) have started turning black/brown and some leaves are drying up.This is all happening in a couple of days. 3-4 days ago, beautiful plants and now trouble… I fear that it might be blight. Do you have any ideas about how to save my tomato plants or should I just tear up the sick ones as quickly as possible and hope that it doesn't spread? Thank you so much for your help!
Once again Mark GREAT advice. Thank you. You have proved to me that if you concentrate on growing soil, adding amendments to plants whilst growing is not necessary. I had the best tomatoes and capsicums ever last year here in Australia and can hardly wait for summer to roll around again.
Awesome hack, thanks Mark!
I've seen farmers use fresh cows milk with Epsom salt… This makes way more sense. Cheers Mark, your video's are always worth their weight in gold!!
Thankyou!!
Makes so much sense and I usually use wood chips but got lazy this year. I’m gonna put down some cardboard asap. Thanks!
how you ferterlize the plant with the box around it??? thats alot of work to having to remove the box to every plant
Mark, for the first time this year, my tomatoes in a fabric pot got blossom end rot. Would you suggest any other intervention other than consistent moisture when using potted plants?
Thanks Mark, as always, awesome!
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If your soil really does lack calcium (which is very rare) just adding crushed up eggshells won't really help anyway. They take a long time to break down. Like… years.
To make the calcium in eggshells actually available, char them and soak them in plain vinegar for ten days or more. Dilute the finished liquid 1000:1 and water your soil with it. But again – as Mark explained – that's very seldom necessary in the first place. IMO the only time that's worthwhile doing is with container plants when you're not really sure what's in the "soil" mix.
I use shredded leaves from fall, I got one of those leaf blower/mulching vacs (nothing fancy), and then I just fill up a couple of yard waste bags with the mostly dry shredded leaves and let them sit in the garage over winter.
Love your videos. How do you deal with moles in the garden? any "simple" solutions?
Hey Mark, how are your bees doing?
This would probably help against tomatoes splitting too.
Easy. Thank you.
I just shared this to Iowa Vegetable gardening fb group. I say inconsistent watering all the time. I always say the biology is the butler to deliver nutrients, they can't do that with inconsistent water. Thanks Mark!
Great idea. Have you had problems with earwigs and slugs hiding under the cardboard?
This is so great for someone like myself who eats total plant based and don’t really have eggs available. Thank you so much!