Ok so i have 4 different varieties of tomato plants going right now and all are fruiting and have been for a while. All of them are doing good except for my Roma's( which btw are my absolute favorite kind of tomato). On the bottom of a good number of the Roma's there starting to turn brown and look nasty. Im not over watering, im using really high quality organic soil and im using a bat guano nute every 4 to 5 waterings. So im definatly not over feeding them nutes. Any in put would be great as i dont want to see my favorites go to waste after all this time and work iv put in.
What's Happening To My Romas?
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tusseltussel
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prolly blossom end rot, next year crush up egg shells and put em in the bottom of the planting hole with some worm poop and take it easy on the nitrogen or they will just grow and grow with no fruit
KP2
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blossom end rot can be treated with products from lowes and will be labeled as such.
yeah its blossom end rot. i myself am fighting this personaly.
i remove all fruit with the tell tale signs of that nast brown soft spot on the underside of the tomatos. good thing is BER does not infect fruit on the same plant or others in area.
i had been reading up on this. it is either a magnisium or calcuim problem. there are sprays you can use on the fruit and leaves too give the plant a boost in calcium/magn.
other growers swear on removing bad fruit and letting plant recover over a couple of weeks they normaly sort themselves out another trick i was told. use a tablespoon of epsom salts in your growing medium before planting up. BUT i have a crazy idea well not realy a crazy idea, Black treacle aka molasas has large amounts of mag and calcium as well as other nuetriants the plant could use. it also has a huge sugar reserve and would force tomato's into flowering. so i was thinking why not, the cannabis growers use it so why not try it on my tomatos.
me i went with the old way and natures own. removing bad fruit and letting plant sort itself out. mistakes i make this year i certainly wont be making next year. and i have a 450g tin of lyons black treacle (molases) ready
i remove all fruit with the tell tale signs of that nast brown soft spot on the underside of the tomatos. good thing is BER does not infect fruit on the same plant or others in area.
i had been reading up on this. it is either a magnisium or calcuim problem. there are sprays you can use on the fruit and leaves too give the plant a boost in calcium/magn.
other growers swear on removing bad fruit and letting plant recover over a couple of weeks they normaly sort themselves out another trick i was told. use a tablespoon of epsom salts in your growing medium before planting up. BUT i have a crazy idea well not realy a crazy idea, Black treacle aka molasas has large amounts of mag and calcium as well as other nuetriants the plant could use. it also has a huge sugar reserve and would force tomato's into flowering. so i was thinking why not, the cannabis growers use it so why not try it on my tomatos.
me i went with the old way and natures own. removing bad fruit and letting plant sort itself out. mistakes i make this year i certainly wont be making next year. and i have a 450g tin of lyons black treacle (molases) ready
tusseltussel
Well-Known Member
you may be right about the calcium def, but it generally caused by irregular waterings....... http://gardening.about.com/od/vegetablepatch/f/BlossomEndRot.htm
elduece
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Liquid ferts at 3/4 strength with cal-mag at feeding time worked for my romas in short order. I've read somewhere that romas plants typically have problems mobilizing calcium to the fruit after roots and leaves when soil is lacking water. Fruit cells are the last to receive calcium I think.