You may think I'm crazy, but I've been growing garden tomatoes for 40+ years and whenever I've found blossom end rot, I've stoppped it in its tracks by rubbing the end of set tomatoes to remove the stigma. Then I go through the plant and check for blossoms that are shriveled (indicating the plant us setting fruit from that flower) and I gentle remove it and gently rub end of that tomato to make sure the stigma is gone. I learned this from my grandmother. After doing this, I add a source of calcium but continue to check psets for a stigma that didn't drop with the flower. I don't know why this works, but it does. I was wise enough to never question Granny .
I once had a volunteer tomato plant come up between the concrete porch and the concrete step. I gave it 1 tablespoon of skim milk 2x a week to help it survive it's choice of residence. Gave us beautiful healthy tasty tomatoes
@rfahy72 same here, I'm wondering if powdered milk would work the same ? Gonna google it I guess, to see amount of calcium it contains, could make up a strong mixture!
I had blossom end rot on my squash, and used crushed up Tums and it totally stopped it. None of my squash have blossom end rot now. You have a new subscriber! Thanks
I've got a tomato plant thats still alive from when it sprouted last fall jist before the frost came, so I took ot out of its small pot and put it into a 35 gallon tote full of amended potting mix and brought it inside into the corner of my bedroom and put a couple 4' full spectrum bulbs and pit the light fixture on parachord with a couple hooks into my cieling and its massive now. I've enjoyed fresh tomatoes all winter which was aewsome and I've also made quite a few clones from the suckers. My grandma worked for Heinz ketchup company for 38 years and she tpld me the secret to tomato plants and watering them. The leaves will tell you exactly when they're getting thirsty, they start to wilt a bit, water slow deep drinks I have a thin diamater tube that I gravity water my indoor plants with out of a 5 gallon bucket. It works amazingly well. I have tomatoes in pots inside and outside as well. My problem isnt the tomatoes its my outside bell pepper plants they're getting blossom end rot because of the rain here...i knew it was something wrong nutrient wise and thank you sir for sharing that neat trick. I'm going to mix up the solution and water with that in the morning. I have to pot my plants outside here because my new house has literally clay two inches down and further! I planted two well established tomato plants last year watered them and 24 hours later one was already dead and upon digging it up the water was all held and didn't drain off hardly at all so they both drowned...and I learned my lesson. My other problem is my okra plants are literally eating them and my potato plants alive I put some pesticides down and its like it isn't there
BER comes from the roots drying out and not being able to uptake nutrients usually during the hottest weather. Keep your soil damp. A moisture meter from lowes or home depot will do wonders. Tomatoes love calcium so add some garden lime. Tomato Tone is an awesome organic fertilizer that wont burn your plant 👍. Good luck everyone!
My understanding is that it is caused by low calcium (available) in your soil. It will increase as the year advances and your plants pull all available calcium. The calcium is essential for cellular integrity of the fruit. The more acidic your soil, the greater your issues. I start every year by laying down plenty pellet lime on top of my prepared beds. Then I water regularly with a calcium magnesium liquid fertilizer mixed into a bucket of water and each plant gets individually watered with the calcium mixture. With this method I have been pretty successful. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to raise squash nor tomatoes. I ordered the calcium magnesium liquid online, I didn’t see it at any local garden center. My thoughts on epsom salt is the magnesium probably makes the calcium more available for uptake.
I think it's got to be a calcium deficiency in my case. I have my tomatoes in a sub irrigated planter with a 5 gallon internal tank, that I monitor closely and completely refill every few days. So, insufficient water isn't the problem.
After a few years of mistakes with BER and 25 years of organic gardening,when my tomatoes go in the ground part of my organic fertilizer gypsum powder goes in..2 weeks after tomatoes are use to there new home I go on offense,I start spraying 3 times a week on a 7 day rotation gypsum and aspirin mix,100% cold press neem oil and mackerel fish fertilizer..cover crop at end of season with my chicken manure and clover…rotate tomatoes every year….but my quick fix then was palletized lime in a bucket of water make a slurry pour at roots of tomatoes..but last 25 years I play offense….anyone can start a plant tomato or not but it’s keeping one healthy and alive…..
That’s good info! I do some of those things too! I put eggshells in my compost so that a gradual supply of calcium is always being replenished, I thought I was the only person doing the Tums thing! I mix about ten jumbo tums per watering can load, I dissolve the tums in a cup of hot water from my Keurig coffee machine mix it in the can of water and spray the foliage when the tomatoes get to about golf ball size, one can for about ten plants. I also put a human calcium supplement tablet at the base of each plant when they are young to gradually break down and add calcium. All that stuff is for nothing if you don’t maintain a steady water supply, if it doesn’t rain I water my tomatoes every day! God bless Klaus
My experience is that there are often certain varieties that tend to get blossom end rot and need more calsium than others. I have grown San Marzano for many years and this variety often gets blossom end rot. This is the first year I don’t grow San Marzano because of these problems. Nice tip to solve the problem, Scott. All the best.
Wow I am so surprised I grew tomatoes successfully for the first time in 2 years and they are San marzano so that explains why I always get the blossom end rot thank you for letting us know!
I'm new to your channel (came here just by googling "fix calcium deficiency in tomato plants") and this is just what I needed! Thanks, I'm terribly grateful! And I love your corgi (we have a corgi too!) :)
This video was right on time. I'm growing tomatoes in a bucket for the first time this year. We've had a lot of rain recently and I was concered about all the nutrients washing away. I disolved some garden lime and watered today. No fruit yet, so we'll see what happens.
New subscriber, with all the rain and high humidity over this past week I didn’t have to water, this morning I found 4 Roma tomatoes with BER, dissolving tums now. Thanks So much!
Scott - your research is always thorough, and i like that it’s down to earth. Just ordered the Espoma Garden Lime (Home Depot), and will pick up antacid tablets from Sam’s - for immediate relief to blossom end rot on the squash (all this rain!!!!). Thanks for another trusted video.
I had a few tomato plants with blossom end rot due to a ton of storms coming back to back for a few weeks, which I assume they are getting over watered. I just bought some Bonide today and will apply tonight. Wish me luck!
Thank you...I just crushed up a hand full of tums and added crushed up egg shells to my tomato plant that had a few blossom rot tomatoes....will be getting more Tums for sure...
Damn that's a good idea I didn't catch that part, but I am about to water my plants with the garden lime vinegar water trick! That was brilliant to add vinegar!!!
Just dumped some of your dissolved lime solution down the filler pipe on my sub irrigated tomato planter. Keeping my fingers crossed to see what happens next. Hopefully it clears up my BER problems. 🤞🍅
To Scott: (When considering CN - calcium nitrate) Dissolve one tablespoon of CN (calcium nitrate) in 2-to-2.5 gallons of water and give it to the plants once a week - Calcium and nitrogen requirements will be fulfilled. Tested and it works. Ensure that you do not pour this too much that it drains down the drainage hole/s in the pot (we do not want to waste). Cheers.
My sister gave a Roma tomato and gave instructions to put lime in, which I didn’t do. The roma is loaded with fruit and yesterday I discovered ber on three of them. Today I am trying your method so I hope to see an end to it. All of my other tomatoes which I grew from seed are doing fine, but I certainly will be keeping an eye on them. This is my first time growing from seed and only the second time growing tomatoes, my first attempt was unsuccessful and I have been a “nervous Nellie” with the plants this year. Thanks again for the tip, very informative.
Thank you so much from up here in the Humble/Atascocita area. I just had the same problem! Only 1 tomato plant and it’s in a pot with blossom end rot. I will be doing this first thing tomorrow!
Thank you so much, I'm going to do this hope it works, it's my first time growing tomatoes in containers and my tomatoes are full of fruit and I didn't knew what was happening to them it's so sad when you see the rotten bottom ...
Quite interesting about the antacids…but you have tried it and it works…another example of reading the ingredients…much appreciate the information and will put it to use..stay blessed…
I have bj using antacids for two years with great success. I drop a bottle full in the blender with water then in a gallon bucket and apply a cp full once a month to each plant. No problem.
My Sweet Yellow Pear cherry tomato got blossom end rot last summer, while my dozens of other container tomatoes and peppers were just fine. I fixed the problem with lots of tums dissolved in water.
Thanks for the tip, I get a jar of Tums and do this for my tomatoes and peppers and eggplant. I have worked too hard to get the plants going this year to lose even one fruit… Everything is really late, but at least I’m still picking snap peas…
Thank you. Losing zucchini big time. We had soil tested before planting. Added the required lime and fertilizer. Previous years we fought the squash bugs to save the fruit . Will try the calcium.
Hi friend. I just love and adore your channel. I come here to help me with all kinds of things concerning my garden . U get right to the point. And ur advice always works. Ty.
Very cool never heard about Tums. We always used milk. And if you have fungus on the leaves milk works too. My dad was always pouring old milk on the tomatoes squash and peppers too. I like the Tums idea. Less stink. Lol 😄
I lost my two potted tomato plants last year to blossom rot. Now this year same thing. They were beautiful and ripened but when I picked them the bottom had the rot. I try and not over water. Could I use diluted old milk on them when I water?
Thank you Scott. I have blossom end rot on my bell pepper plant. I have tums and I have organic gypsum. I think I will ground up some Tums with water. Appreciate your help.
Here in KY it is rare for us to have that issue. We have limestone under our soil, practically the whole state, so even our tap water has lime in it (It is what makes our bourbon so good too). I have used agricultural lime on my yard in the past using a broadcast spreader. I think it was my dad that used to say, you have to sweeten the soil in the garden. I generally don't let the ph get below 6.5 in my garden.
Awesome!! I have two of those remedies on hand. I just ordered that black beauty seed today (better late than never. Lol) and I have a San Marzano tomato growing. 10/12 of my tomato plants are growing in containers so if blossom end rot rears its head I’ll be ready!!!! Thx again Scott!
You can get the calcium in the soil now before BER shows up. Your plants will take up the calcium as they need it if it's already in the soil or you can spray with a foliar solution.
We really appreciate your knowledge of gardening and very much enjoy your easy going presentation style. We are going to try out your freed up calcium infusion solution to solve tbe blossom end rot on our tomato plants. Thank you!
Last year was my first garden. I grew tomatoes and did a lot of research on typical problems they have. The first tomato to form had blossom end rot, I knew what it was from the research. I did the garden lime in vinegar fix and it worked like a champ, only lost 3 tomatoes. This year I put garden lime in the wicking buckets when I planted the tomatoes in them.
You can also crush up some tums. It has worked for me in the past. I've had people try to argue with me that it is a myth, but it has worked for me EVERY time. So who knows. worth a try.
Hi Scott. That was a really useful video. I will keep your suggestions in mind for if/when I next encounter blossom end rot. Many thanks. Mags. Oh, and I will post an update on my single seed challenge plant very soon. 🌻🌸🌼🌺
Wow, BG! You have given me hope, and as a teacher, I admire your modeling of the remedy, not just talking about it! Going to try this now for my peppers.
You pick the best times to drop videos. I’m in the shade to take a break from the sun. This tip is money. Thanks for sharing! Why are you not catching rain in that water can?
I have some barrels set aside for a rainwater system but I am waiting on a new roof, which is coming soon. Currently the roof puts off too much gravel.
This year I tried putting 4 buckets under one side of a pitched roof eave at the back of my building in my apartment complex. I collected almost 10 gallons in two 15-30 minute sessions of moderate to heavy rain a few days ago. I only managed to collect 1.5 gallons putting the buckets out in the open grass. Live and learn. But it can be done even if you live in an apt. My tap water is treated with salts so I try to use filtered water or rain water for my container plants.
I will give this a try. I have three tomato plants growing in pots that are getting bottom end rot. I may try the tums just because i have that on hand. I will comment later for the results.
Great advice. Thank you. This is the first year I have ever tried to grow tomatoes in a container. I am having this problem, so I am going to try out your suggestion.
I dread going to the garden store and deciding which products to buy. Ugh!! Thank you for the antacid suggestion. Sounds simple and your presentation inspired confidence. Thanks again.
I noticed a green pepper just this morning what appears to be blossom end rot. It happened over night. I look at my garden daily to catch things early. I have the garden lime and Tums so I will try those remedies.
I tried the third option that you used. My first tomato has bloom rot but the second one does not appear to be affected. I tried it anyway. I put it on all the plants in the raised bed the tomato plant is in. Hopefully this will work. Thank you for the tip!
Just the video I was looking for today! A pepper plant I overwintered produced its first lovely pepper with blossom end rot. I'm looking for the antacids now. Thanks Scott!
I have tried this it works I did a small experiment with an individual plant and added a half a cup of milk if you add some magnesium to this it helps it absorb quicker it worked just thought I’d throw it out to youTo try for yourself
I'm having to add gypsum to my clay soil for this and other issues. Good thing it's cheap because I have a lot of beds and just added eight more this week. Hoping for better tomato yields next year, with a little amending and prep.
I plant in tubs and in the ground. I use olas on must plants and keep them full of master blend it has a of that. Callsum . Pluss extras I didn't have but verery little blossom end rot.in East Texas.
Tums 100% use it when planting add a crushed one to each hole and add later. I find I amazing that 20 videos will tell you 20 different things to use for end rot, I tried Tums years ago and never had a problem since. (Yes I use a light mixture of Jobes a couple times during growing season).
You may think I'm crazy, but I've been growing garden tomatoes for 40+ years and whenever I've found blossom end rot, I've stoppped it in its tracks by rubbing the end of set tomatoes to remove the stigma. Then I go through the plant and check for blossoms that are shriveled (indicating the plant us setting fruit from that flower) and I gentle remove it and gently rub end of that tomato to make sure the stigma is gone.
I learned this from my grandmother.
After doing this, I add a source of calcium but continue to check psets for a stigma that didn't drop with the flower.
I don't know why this works, but it does. I was wise enough to never question Granny .
Hello, what do you mean by stigma? As in stigma around mental health or drug use, or is this botany term?
I once had a volunteer tomato plant come up between the concrete porch and the concrete step. I gave it 1 tablespoon of skim milk 2x a week to help it survive it's choice of residence. Gave us beautiful healthy tasty tomatoes
I bet it meawod
I have heard that milk is good for battling bottom rot.
@rfahy72 same here, I'm wondering if powdered milk would work the same ? Gonna google it I guess, to see amount of calcium it contains, could make up a strong mixture!
I had blossom end rot on my squash, and used crushed up Tums and it totally stopped it. None of my squash have blossom end rot now. You have a new subscriber! Thanks
How many is needed?
How many tablets per gallon?
I've got a tomato plant thats still alive from when it sprouted last fall jist before the frost came, so I took ot out of its small pot and put it into a 35 gallon tote full of amended potting mix and brought it inside into the corner of my bedroom and put a couple 4' full spectrum bulbs and pit the light fixture on parachord with a couple hooks into my cieling and its massive now. I've enjoyed fresh tomatoes all winter which was aewsome and I've also made quite a few clones from the suckers. My grandma worked for Heinz ketchup company for 38 years and she tpld me the secret to tomato plants and watering them. The leaves will tell you exactly when they're getting thirsty, they start to wilt a bit, water slow deep drinks I have a thin diamater tube that I gravity water my indoor plants with out of a 5 gallon bucket. It works amazingly well. I have tomatoes in pots inside and outside as well. My problem isnt the tomatoes its my outside bell pepper plants they're getting blossom end rot because of the rain here...i knew it was something wrong nutrient wise and thank you sir for sharing that neat trick. I'm going to mix up the solution and water with that in the morning. I have to pot my plants outside here because my new house has literally clay two inches down and further! I planted two well established tomato plants last year watered them and 24 hours later one was already dead and upon digging it up the water was all held and didn't drain off hardly at all so they both drowned...and I learned my lesson.
My other problem is my okra plants are literally eating them and my potato plants alive I put some pesticides down and its like it isn't there
BER comes from the roots drying out and not being able to uptake nutrients usually during the hottest weather. Keep your soil damp. A moisture meter from lowes or home depot will do wonders. Tomatoes love calcium so add some garden lime. Tomato Tone is an awesome organic fertilizer that wont burn your plant 👍. Good luck everyone!
My understanding is that it is caused by low calcium (available) in your soil. It will increase as the year advances and your plants pull all available calcium. The calcium is essential for cellular integrity of the fruit. The more acidic your soil, the greater your issues. I start every year by laying down plenty pellet lime on top of my prepared beds. Then I water regularly with a calcium magnesium liquid fertilizer mixed into a bucket of water and each plant gets individually watered with the calcium mixture. With this method I have been pretty successful. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to raise squash nor tomatoes. I ordered the calcium magnesium liquid online, I didn’t see it at any local garden center. My thoughts on epsom salt is the magnesium probably makes the calcium more available for uptake.
I think it's got to be a calcium deficiency in my case. I have my tomatoes in a sub irrigated planter with a 5 gallon internal tank, that I monitor closely and completely refill every few days. So, insufficient water isn't the problem.
I like this video. You didn’t talk too much like some UA-camrs who are in love with the sound of their own voices and go on forever. Subscribed!
Perfect timing, I have blossom end rot on my tomatoes
After a few years of mistakes with BER and 25 years of organic gardening,when my tomatoes go in the ground part of my organic fertilizer gypsum powder goes in..2 weeks after tomatoes are use to there new home I go on offense,I start spraying 3 times a week on a 7 day rotation gypsum and aspirin mix,100% cold press neem oil and mackerel fish fertilizer..cover crop at end of season with my chicken manure and clover…rotate tomatoes every year….but my quick fix then was palletized lime in a bucket of water make a slurry pour at roots of tomatoes..but last 25 years I play offense….anyone can start a plant tomato or not but it’s keeping one healthy and alive…..
I used tums last year on my tomato plants and it did work.
That’s good info! I do some of those things too! I put eggshells in my compost so that a gradual supply of calcium is always being replenished, I thought I was the only person doing the Tums thing! I mix about ten jumbo tums per watering can load, I dissolve the tums in a cup of hot water from my Keurig coffee machine mix it in the can of water and spray the foliage when the tomatoes get to about golf ball size, one can for about ten plants. I also put a human calcium supplement tablet at the base of each plant when they are young to gradually break down and add calcium. All that stuff is for nothing if you don’t maintain a steady water supply, if it doesn’t rain I water my tomatoes every day!
God bless
Klaus
Been do hot here in Oklahoma, I water every single Evening, even after rain alot of the time !
@@richlucas9767 I put down gypsum this year, it supplies calcium and sulphur without changing the PH! I hear you about the watering!
My experience is that there are often certain varieties that tend to get blossom end rot and need more calsium than others.
I have grown San Marzano for many years and this variety often gets blossom end rot.
This is the first year I don’t grow San Marzano because of these problems.
Nice tip to solve the problem, Scott.
All the best.
I was just looking up remedies because my San Marzano's have blossom end rot! I JUST saw it this morning! Thanks for the information!
Just realize that if you don’t continue to use lime and calcium throughout the season the available minerals will be exhausted.
Wow I am so surprised I grew tomatoes successfully for the first time in 2 years and they are San marzano so that explains why I always get the blossom end rot thank you for letting us know!
well that explains it....I planted almost exclusively san marzano's this year....my tomato blossum end rot is bad this year.
I'm new to your channel (came here just by googling "fix calcium deficiency in tomato plants") and this is just what I needed! Thanks, I'm terribly grateful! And I love your corgi (we have a corgi too!) :)
I TRIED THE TRICK < IT WORKED< I LOST 1 TOMATO! WOW THANKS ALOT!
Sorry I lost some of the instructions because I was paying attention to all of those lanterns!! Great collection!
This video was right on time. I'm growing tomatoes in a bucket for the first time this year. We've had a lot of rain recently and I was concered about all the nutrients washing away. I disolved some garden lime and watered today. No fruit yet, so we'll see what happens.
New subscriber, with all the rain and high humidity over this past week I didn’t have to water, this morning I found 4 Roma tomatoes with BER, dissolving tums now. Thanks So much!
Scott - your research is always thorough, and i like that it’s down to earth. Just ordered the Espoma Garden Lime (Home Depot), and will pick up antacid tablets from Sam’s - for immediate relief to blossom end rot on the squash (all this rain!!!!). Thanks for another trusted video.
Thank you! Just found blossom rot this morning! Going to do this today!
I had a few tomato plants with blossom end rot due to a ton of storms coming back to back for a few weeks, which I assume they are getting over watered. I just bought some Bonide today and will apply tonight. Wish me luck!
Yessiree! You saved my tomato plants. I’ve subscribed cause you have the knowledge!
I just found blossom rot today on my tomatoes. I had no idea what it was! Thankful I found your channel and thankful I had tums!!
Thank you...I just crushed up a hand full of tums and added crushed up egg shells to my tomato plant that had a few blossom rot tomatoes....will be getting more Tums for sure...
Damn that's a good idea I didn't catch that part, but I am about to water my plants with the garden lime vinegar water trick! That was brilliant to add vinegar!!!
Just dumped some of your dissolved lime solution down the filler pipe on my sub irrigated tomato planter. Keeping my fingers crossed to see what happens next. Hopefully it clears up my BER problems.
🤞🍅
To Scott: (When considering CN - calcium nitrate) Dissolve one tablespoon of CN (calcium nitrate) in 2-to-2.5 gallons of water and give it to the plants once a week - Calcium and nitrogen requirements will be fulfilled. Tested and it works. Ensure that you do not pour this too much that it drains down the drainage hole/s in the pot (we do not want to waste). Cheers.
My sister gave a Roma tomato and gave instructions to put lime in, which I didn’t do. The roma is loaded with fruit and yesterday I discovered ber on three of them. Today I am trying your method so I hope to see an end to it. All of my other tomatoes which I grew from seed are doing fine, but I certainly will be keeping an eye on them. This is my first time growing from seed and only the second time growing tomatoes, my first attempt was unsuccessful and I have been a “nervous Nellie” with the plants this year. Thanks again for the tip, very informative.
Thank you. Will try the tums, I live in Mexico never had problems before, but used what I thought was good potting soil.
Awesome, found some rot today ... feel like I have Hope now !!!
Thank you so much from up here in the Humble/Atascocita area. I just had the same problem! Only 1 tomato plant and it’s in a pot with blossom end rot. I will be doing this first thing tomorrow!
Thank you so much, I'm going to do this hope it works, it's my first time growing tomatoes in containers and my tomatoes are full of fruit and I didn't knew what was happening to them it's so sad when you see the rotten bottom ...
Thank you for the advice, I’m a first time gardener and just found my first blossom end rot tomato. I’ll be doing this to fix 🙏
Quite interesting about the antacids…but you have tried it and it works…another example of reading the ingredients…much appreciate the information and will put it to use..stay blessed…
I have bj using antacids for two years with great success. I drop a bottle full in the blender with water then in a gallon bucket and apply a cp full once a month to each plant. No problem.
Thanks a lot for the advice! You helped me save my tomato plant.
I thought it was cute to see you watering your tomatoes & your pup too! Haha! too cute... oh, and thanks for the info!! ;)
I lost several san marzano plants last year to end rot..thanks for quick fixes info so I'll be ready this year !
My Sweet Yellow Pear cherry tomato got blossom end rot last summer, while my dozens of other container tomatoes and peppers were just fine. I fixed the problem with lots of tums dissolved in water.
Thanks for the tip, I get a jar of Tums and do this for my tomatoes and peppers and eggplant. I have worked too hard to get the plants going this year to lose even one fruit… Everything is really late, but at least I’m still picking snap peas…
Thank you so much. All my zucchini have this. I garden on my balcony and figured it was a bad plant I have to pull up.
Aaw man I’m so glad you made this video. My Zucchini are amazing...but sadly they need this emergency treatment 😢
Thanks! A few are growing well I just cut off the sick ones.
Thank you. Losing zucchini big time. We had soil tested before planting. Added the required lime and fertilizer. Previous years we fought the squash bugs to save the fruit . Will try the calcium.
So your soil testing and adding what you needed didn’t help? You still got BER?
Hi friend. I just love and adore your channel. I come here to help me with all kinds of things concerning my garden . U get right to the point. And ur advice always works. Ty.
My neighbor had this problem and I thought, "oh Tums!" Glad I saw this. Thanks
Nice I have a terrible time growing tomatoes. I appreciate the help.
Very cool never heard about Tums. We always used milk. And if you have fungus on the leaves milk works too. My dad was always pouring old milk on the tomatoes squash and peppers too. I like the Tums idea. Less stink. Lol 😄
Yeah I have some powdery mildew showing up on my squash, so the milk trick is certainly next.
I lost my two potted tomato plants last year to blossom rot. Now this year same thing. They were beautiful and ripened but when I picked them the bottom had the rot. I try and not over water. Could I use diluted old milk on them when I water?
Thank you Scott. I have blossom end rot on my bell pepper plant. I have tums and I have organic gypsum. I think I will ground up some Tums with water. Appreciate your help.
Im going out today and buy 4 big bottles of Tumbs lol. Thanks so much. This video was just what I've been searching for.
Here in KY it is rare for us to have that issue. We have limestone under our soil, practically the whole state, so even our tap water has lime in it (It is what makes our bourbon so good too). I have used agricultural lime on my yard in the past using a broadcast spreader. I think it was my dad that used to say, you have to sweeten the soil in the garden. I generally don't let the ph get below 6.5 in my garden.
Awesome!! I have two of those remedies on hand. I just ordered that black beauty seed today (better late than never. Lol) and I have a San Marzano tomato growing. 10/12 of my tomato plants are growing in containers so if blossom end rot rears its head I’ll be ready!!!! Thx again Scott!
You can get the calcium in the soil now before BER shows up. Your plants will take up the calcium as they need it if it's already in the soil or you can spray with a foliar solution.
Ty for the help, my first time with Marranos and don’t want to lose a bite!😇
We really appreciate your knowledge of gardening and very much enjoy your easy going presentation style. We are going to try out your freed up calcium infusion solution to solve tbe blossom end rot on our tomato plants. Thank you!
Last year was my first garden. I grew tomatoes and did a lot of research on typical problems they have. The first tomato to form had blossom end rot, I knew what it was from the research. I did the garden lime in vinegar fix and it worked like a champ, only lost 3 tomatoes. This year I put garden lime in the wicking buckets when I planted the tomatoes in them.
Is the garden lime organic?
@@nycowgirl22306 Yes to my knowledge. garden lime is just crushed rock, limestone.
THANKS will be getting some 2moro!!
Thank you for this!! Just discovered a few of my "pot" tomatoes have blossom rot. Will be going to my local ACE tomorrow for supplies! 😊
I really enjoyed watching your video. I’m new to gardening and my zucchini have blooms end rot. I am going to use the Tums trick. Thanks!!
Thanks! Short and sweet, it's how I like solutions to my problems :D
I’m having this issue right now. Thank you for sharing what the problem could be. I will be more attentive to this problem.
Thanks for the tips. I thought I'd have to pull the plant. Definitely trying this🍅🍅🍅
You can also crush up some tums. It has worked for me in the past. I've had people try to argue with me that it is a myth, but it has worked for me EVERY time. So who knows. worth a try.
Thank you. Very informative video and your explanations are clear, educational, and interesting!
THANK YOU FOR THE TIPS AND I WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT ON MY TOMATOES AS THEY ARE JUST STARTING TO FRUIT.
Thank you. We had this rot last summer and simply applied lime and magic.
Hi Scott. That was a really useful video. I will keep your suggestions in mind for if/when I next encounter blossom end rot. Many thanks. Mags. Oh, and I will post an update on my single seed challenge plant very soon. 🌻🌸🌼🌺
Wow, BG! You have given me hope, and as a teacher, I admire your modeling of the remedy, not just talking about it! Going to try this now for my peppers.
Thank you! I didn't realize vinegar helps to free up calcium!! Ps looove your shirt!
Amazing shirt indeed.
You pick the best times to drop videos. I’m in the shade to take a break from the sun. This tip is money. Thanks for sharing! Why are you not catching rain in that water can?
I have some barrels set aside for a rainwater system but I am waiting on a new roof, which is coming soon. Currently the roof puts off too much gravel.
This year I tried putting 4 buckets under one side of a pitched roof eave at the back of my building in my apartment complex.
I collected almost 10 gallons in two 15-30 minute sessions of moderate to heavy rain a few days ago.
I only managed to collect 1.5 gallons putting the buckets out in the open grass. Live and learn. But it can be done even if you live in an apt.
My tap water is treated with salts so I try to use filtered water or rain water for my container plants.
Thank you so much for this video. We have blossom end rot on our tomatoes and will try these suggestions.
Thanks for the suggestions to end blossom end rot on the tomatoes, Scott.
OMG thank you!! Gonna go put some berry flavored tums on my poor tomato plant!
Vandelay Industries!!! haha have the same shirt. Thanks for the fix, live in tulsa have this bottom rot on my bell peppers and tomatoes.
Thank you for this information. I used the Garden Lime and it solved my BER problem. Great video. Thanks again.
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LOVE the Art Vandelay shirt!
I will give this a try. I have three tomato plants growing in pots that are getting bottom end rot. I may try the tums just because i have that on hand. I will comment later for the results.
Looks like one dose of tums cured the tomato plant indigestion and bottom rot! 😁 thanks for the suggestion!
Great advice. Thank you. This is the first year I have ever tried to grow tomatoes in a container. I am having this problem, so I am going to try out your suggestion.
Your video saved all of my Roma tomatoes this past summer...thank you!
Same last name. Nice to see a potential cousin with a gardening channel! We come from a long line of farmers. Lol
I dread going to the garden store and deciding which products to buy. Ugh!! Thank you for the antacid suggestion. Sounds simple and your presentation inspired confidence. Thanks again.
Oh my goodness. Thank you. My Goliath tomatoes have this.
I noticed a green pepper just this morning what appears to be blossom end rot. It happened over night. I look at my garden daily to catch things early. I have the garden lime and Tums so I will try those remedies.
I'm going to try this if it works, I'll subscribe.
Thanks for the information. Happy gardening to you too.
Very interesting. Never heard of these ideas before. Thank you.
This is exactly the info I needed. Thanks so much!
Hope it turns out well.👍
I tried the third option that you used. My first tomato has bloom rot but the second one does not appear to be affected. I tried it anyway. I put it on all the plants in the raised bed the tomato plant is in. Hopefully this will work. Thank you for the tip!
Thanks Scott.
Just the video I was looking for today! A pepper plant I overwintered produced its first lovely pepper with blossom end rot. I'm looking for the antacids now. Thanks Scott!
Thanks, Scott. I really appreciate the simple hacks (aren’t I current?!?!!).
I’m going to try it on my squash plants. Thanks🤞
Usually what looks like BER on squash is really just unpollinated fruits dropping off naturally.
Thank you for the information im going to try the tums on my jalapeno
I used garden lime in water on mine it helped
seen a bunch of videos but yours was the best ideas.
I have tried this it works I did a small experiment with an individual plant and added a half a cup of milk if you add some magnesium to this it helps it absorb quicker it worked just thought I’d throw it out to youTo try for yourself
I'm having to add gypsum to my clay soil for this and other issues. Good thing it's cheap because I have a lot of beds and just added eight more this week. Hoping for better tomato yields next year, with a little amending and prep.
Where do you get it
Thats what I'm doing right now before my zuchinni gets blossom rot. I have plenty calcium tablets.
I plant in tubs and in the ground. I use olas on must plants and keep them full of master blend it has a of that. Callsum . Pluss extras I didn't have but verery little blossom end rot.in East Texas.
Yaaay!! Thank you for the tip! I will be adding this to my garden must have list!! Thank you for sharing! Happy gardening!!❤🍉🍅🍆🍓🌺❤
Thank you, going to try and save our tomato's with your advice. Great video =)
Good advice. And nice shirt. Vandelay Industries is a top notch firm!
Tums 100% use it when planting add a crushed one to each hole and add later. I find I amazing that 20 videos will tell you 20 different things to use for end rot, I tried Tums years ago and never had a problem since. (Yes I use a light mixture of Jobes a couple times during growing season).