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Author: | TheFuzzy [ Mon Jul 18, 2016 11:16 pm ] |
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Alstro, From what I've read, end rot is actually from poor watering, not from soil calcium. So look at evening out waterings? Maybe watering a little less or more? |
Author: | alstro [ Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:01 am ] |
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I read that too. I do have an EarthBox so it has been pretty consistent but that's not to say it they may not have dried out a time or two. Deb |
Author: | Kathy's Pete [ Wed Jul 20, 2016 5:07 pm ] |
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Poor watering is a cause because it interrupts calcium uptake from what I've read. |
Author: | TheFuzzy [ Wed Jul 20, 2016 10:22 pm ] |
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Dave, I hate you. Due to having more than 20 nights below 60F since mid-May, my tomatoes are stunted and barely producing. Oh, well, at least I have plenty of lettuce and snap peas. |
Author: | alstro [ Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:23 am ] |
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Dave, thanks for the info. My earthboxes are on my balcony with no source of water. I have 50 gallon rain buckets I use but there is not enough pressure to do auto-watering. Sure wish I had that capability. I will try the calcium nitrate (though I think it's too late this year). Deb |
Author: | pepperhead212 [ Thu Jul 21, 2016 10:17 pm ] |
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TheFuzzy wrote: Dave, I hate you. Due to having more than 20 nights below 60F since mid-May, my tomatoes are stunted and barely producing. Oh, well, at least I have plenty of lettuce and snap peas. My greens have been gone for a couple of weeks, most longer, and last week I turned them into the ground as "green manure". It is getting very hot here the next several days, with the heat index over 100, so I'm hoping the tomatoes don't feel the effects of this. I have gotten a number of seeds from gardeners, for varieties that are supposedly heat resistant. I harvested about a dozen ripe tomatoes today, plus eggplants, cucumbers, okra, bitter melons, Indian gherkins, and the first chocolate habaneros of the season. I figured that I'd go out today, rather than in that intense heat the next few days. But then, those cherry tomatoes will be loaded. |
Author: | cmd2012 [ Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:15 pm ] |
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My tomatoes got taken out by a storm. I'm really mad because they were nuclear tomatoes leading up to the tragedy. My herbs have been bolting like crazy this summer too. Too much rain and not enough consistent sun I think. |
Author: | pepperhead212 [ Tue Jul 26, 2016 10:30 pm ] |
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I lost a couple of tomatoes, as well as peppers, to windstorms this season. I would get horrible winds, and not even any rain to go with them! A couple days later, I'd see a plant turning brown. But then, this is why I plant WAAAAAY more than I really need, at least of things I can't live without. |
Author: | cmd2012 [ Tue Aug 02, 2016 1:27 pm ] |
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Chris pulled out all of my dead tomato plants on the weekend. Nothing sadder than half grown beefsteak tomatoes on dead vines. Stupid wind! I've managed to rescue the herbs through severe pruning. |
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