Blossom End Rot 🍅🍅🍅 The Real Cause and What to Do About It

Blossom End Rot in Tomatoes - find out the latest science and what you can do about it.

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Blossom End Rot 🍅🍅🍅 The Real Cause and What to Do About It
Find out the real cause and what science says about it. It is not a calcium deficiency - tums won't help - eggshells don't work and epsom salts is useless.

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[warakarwarakar]

I just watched many of youtube 20+min video regarding BER and got 50% of information you gave me in 5min . thank you !! you get new subscriber 😉

[jimmcdowell]

Even an old dumb gardener like me gets the message from this gentleman! 2 thumbs up!

[SophyaAgain]

I can't believe that I am harvesting my very first tomato. Indeed, my very first plant. I've been watering too much but I stopped just in time, although I had some peach shaped chubby tomatoes, LOL. And because they are in containers I cover the soil with plastic when the rain comes.

[PepperGuru]

Thank You. Good to know there are educated people out there still.

[KarenCampbell-qhxt]

The soil in the desert I live in dries out fast so I’ve been water challenged for the last 3 years. Learning daily. A little water deeply and that is key here in the Palm Springs area. Even if soil has moisture in the morning, you have to give a light showering. deeply. Blossom end rot is definitely a watering issue.

[dac]

I grow 40 tomato plants each year with about 15 of them Roma type and I only get end rot on the Romas for some reason. We have highly very high calcium soil that actually fizzes if you pour household vinegar on it and pH is about 7.5 in the tomato beds so pretty clear like you said it’s not a calcium supply problem.

[sazure]

Thank you. The famous place I obtained mine here in Tri-cities WA stated to do exactly what you said to do.
- The days are very dry and hot (Sage Steppe Desert)
- I can not get back to exchange them and ONE day post purchase they got this "issue".
- All now blew up after rot and yellowing on the end. (they even told me they watered EVERY DAY!!!)
The plants were a "treat" for me (in pots) and I looked forward to having fresh (non grocery store) tomatoes.
Again thanks and although the ONE plant is mostly now void of tomatoes hopeful the few that are left will be in my next Sandwhich???

[GetMeThere]

There's a youtube video by user Hoocho titled "How to grow Kratky hydroponic tomatoes." He grew 4 varieties, and one suffered end rot -- even though its roots were in water. This demonstrates that it's not strictly a watering issue, it seems. EDIT: The end rot issue is discussed around time 20:15

[joesantamaria]

I add a lot of bone meal at regular intervals, and water every day, except on days when it rains like hell. Mulch, mulch, mulch. This year, I got BER on just one bell pepper. Zero tomato BER!

[SpookyTooth]

Thank you! I religiously water MWF. Never thought to check the soil first, then water if needed.

[petpawteek]

Perfect! I definitely will share this in my garden groups….probably a lot 😕

[HollywoodVideos-kufd]

Hey Mr Man have to give you the big prop you hit it right on the head I found out that over watering my plants or water and doing the hottest points and not in the morning and evening that's what causes that rott so again you are absolutely right I just had to let you know I found that out the hard way thanks for your great info all the time 🙂

[victormcox]

True about the "wait". I'm pretty good at that! Works every time!! Thanks for your education! Tuition is in the mail 🤟👍🤣😜

[MextizaCalifa]

I was so sad today watching my tomatoes have blossom end rot. It rains alot in the Netherlands and My first fruit have this and i really needed a good harvest this year to feed my family now im sad this has happened i hope that it will get better. T.T

[laurentco]

It's been my experience that very dry conditions are more likely to give you BER than wet. Certainly, many other issues can happen in a wet season, i.e., blight, but to me, it's always been in dry years. This year it has been incredibly dry on the prairies, and I see tons of posts in my local Facebook gardening groups with people asking about BER. I know that the literature talks about too wet being a cause, but it seems less so than allowing your tomatoes to dry out. They also talk about using ammonia-based fertilizers being a contributor and a few other things, but I always seem to find that none of those things is as important as keeping your tomatoes from ever getting too dry. I have to say that my garden beds drain very well. I have them mounded up, so there is rarely a time when they would become waterlogged.

And then some try to grow full-size tomato plants in a 2 or 3-gallon pot. Poor them... Unless you have an automated drip irrigation setup or some other sort of scheme to water those containers, there will be nothing but tomatoes with BER on them. I advise people to avoid wide swings in soil moisture. The goal should be to keep your soil moist without ever getting dry or waterlogged. Then, of course, there's always the "oh crap, my tomatoes are wilting!" Followed but the hose running for 3 hours solid. That's the perfect recipe for BER.

[williamwaters]

I know an older woman who used lime for her tomato plants for years had great results. Now she has plants that look like sticks because she ruined the soil Ph which is highly alkaline. I told her to stop adding lime but she is convinced she is not adding enough. I gave up talking to her.

[shanec]

I had it for the first time last year and your right it only happened to a few of my 1st tomatoes then was fine. I believe we had a really hot day (98 degrees) and I forgot to water. Have you heard the one about putting chalk in your soil yet for calcium?

[Cambug-NC]

Why does overwatering cause blossom end rot and or low calcium levels in the plant? Thank you for the information!

[joecornely]

should one water moderately every day or two, or heavy once or twice a week, I use a 3 ft watering wand in shower mode, with heavy mulch and probably dump over a gallon of water every three or four days or if hot dry and sunny every other day. I was told or read that its better to really soak the ground so the water gets to the deep roots. out of a hundred T plants i do get a few with blossom end rot

[jamespatrickbonsubre]

please do a video about damping off disease 🙏