Tomato and Vegetable Blossom End Rot Treatments: What It Is, Two Ways to Fix It, What Doesn't Work
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- I highly recommend you turn on annotations for this video. I add key points. Blossom End Rot (BER) is the browning of the bottoms of tomatoes and other fruits. It can be addressed by ensuring your plants have consistent watering and readily available or soluble calcium in the soil. Eggshells don't work for emergency treatment. I explain why.
I also state copper nitrate spray, I should have said calcium nitrate spray. I have an old brain.
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This is so helpful. I had no idea I could have saved my tomatoes when this happened. Going well this year, but now I feel armed and ready! lol Thanks again!
Good luck
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Isn't it amazing how much info "old brains" have? The key for me is recognizing it as the hard earned wisdom it really is! I wish I was smarter to recognize that when I was younger. Life would have been so much easier and less stressful, ya know what I mean? Thanks for your tips.
I agree!
I love your explanation of organic gardening, I am so with you. Love your chemical explanation
Thanks
I came across this video after having this issue with blossom end rot. I am a new gardener and this helped me diagnose the issue. Used this exact treatment last night and will continue to and hope it fixes the issue.
Agree! Some get hung up on non-organic means harmful in some way, if not most ways. Knowledge is power.
Brent
Wise and purposeful use is a good thing with non-organics.
I am a subscriber of your channel and a new gardener! You're an excellent teacher! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
This is one time it's fortunate to have hard water! I have rarely gotten blossom end rot, likely due to well water, in central CA in particular.
Thank you for posting this. I'm container gardening for the first time and have both tomatoes and peppers. None are old enough to have developed any problems yet, and with these solutions ready to go, I'll hopefully have a good harvest.
It helps. Prevention is best. Just keep it steady and dont over do it. More isnt always better. Good luck.
Thanks for all the information, Gary. Your videos have helped me a lot this year.
Glad to help.
I love your videos, they're so informative. Thank you so much.
Glad to help.
Great presentation! Very helpful, thanks!
Great explaining , thank you so much all your videos have great values.
Thanks for watching.
Hi Gary. Thanks for your quick reply.
Thanks for saving my tomato crop this year! I live in Central Texas (Zone 9) so we're a few weeks ahead... I plant seedlings on 3.15 outdoors.... again this year I started to experience BER. My terrific local garden experts always encourage use of bone meal but it isn't successful for me. Rather than loose the crop I treated aggressively using garden lime/vinegar (2x a few days apart) and used calcium nitrate spray on the foliage. Great advice that worked perfectly after many years of experiencing BER!
I love the calcium nitrate that is why I started selling it. There are places for compost, organic and chemical ferts depending on ones location, plant and need. Use them wisely for success. Glad it helped.
Thank you.Very helpful.
Be blessed
Thank you God for having sir Gary on the CZcams, specially during the time of BER.. 😊😊😊😇😇😇😇😇
Drop some lime not too in your garden as it is done for the winter. I will be doing a video on wood ash soon for calcium
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youre awesome man. exactly the info i was looking for
Glad to help!
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i love how you explain thank you
Glad to help.
hello mr. Gary and thank you so much for that informative video on blossom end rot. I did not know that it could be fixed and I destroyed my plant a few weeks ago thinking that I couldn't dare to eat them. So at the moment I've got 6 new tiny tomato plants starting and I will not make the same mistake. thank you so much for teaching me.
Well now you know. Excellent idea to have another round of tomatoes growing.
Great video Gary. I have to deal with BER every summer. I knew it was a lack of calcium but wasn't sure what worked and didn't work. My wife had a bottle of CalMag powder in the pantry that she was taking. I put a tablespoon in a gallon of water and just applied it to the roots of my tomatoes. Haven't had the problem since.
how did you apply it to the roots?
@@jonmcclane4946 just to the base of the plant, not to the leaves, this is called foliar spray.
What is CalMag powder? I need to look in to my pantry too. Please advice Danny. Thanks
Great video Gary -- can't wait for my calcium nitrate to arrive.
It is on the way. Good luck.
Many Thanks for this video Gary! It really helped!!!
Glad to help
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Another great video. I'm going to use the garden lime approach. I'm having a small problem with BER this year also some of my tomato plants aren't flowering. So I'm going to use this today. Have a good one.
Thanks
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great advice !! great update !! great information !!
You the man Gary! Been watching for years
Thanks
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Another fantastic tutorial for emergency blossom end rot issues!
Thanks
Great tips. I have been spraying all plants this year with 8 ounces per gallon to check for safety.
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I appreciate your approach to gardening. I call it "common sense gardening". Staying as organic as practical and deviating when necessary. I do the very same thing. The only thing I try to keep totally organic is pesticides, insecticides and herbicides because most, if not all, of the chemical types can be detrimental to your health. Even so, I had no choice but to use Sevin in my garden this year because all of the organic methods failed to control a terrible infestation that would have completely destroyed all of my cucurbit crops otherwise. Common sense gardening.
I agree. I researched the heck out of Sevin and thats why i use it for emergencies and target use, like for vine borers.
Thanks so much. Dealing with this now.
Good luck.
works like a charm thanks man & God bless
glad it helped.
Awesome info!! 👍🏼
Great video. Bone Meal is also a good source of calcium and also has high Phosphate levels.
Very True!
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Great info. Especially re what's weirdly considered non organic. Now i know that my container pepper plants the last couple of years needed some calcium to not get the side spot.
Glad to help.
Thank you. Looking into blossom end rot in a few of my Mexican lime tree brought me here. I appreciate the info and practical approach to organic gardening as a guiding principle without being over zealous. I'm just trying to make ceviche here nothing else. Lol. Thanks for the content and presentation 👍✌️
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I'm beginning to see blossom end rot on my hydroponic, indoor grow room tomatoes. I usually add a liquid cal-mag nutrient between nutrient refills. (Kratke Method). .
Maybe I should do it with every water top off since they are finally beginning to fruit?
Great video!
At last, someone with common sense about the organic myths and taboos. Thank You.
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Thanks for the information.
Yep
Lots of microbial action helps as well for a plant to be able to utilize nutrients as you know and that includes forms of calcium that you have mentioned.
Thanks
Thanks Gary! Great video! Because of yours and CaliKim29's videos I have been having a blast doing container gardening on my big deck this summer. We just treated our Romas with lime pellets. I guess the slurry would be more effective. We'll see in a few days.
Just one of either will work. Even watering is the key. And if the romas get it, stop growing them. THEY ARE the only tomato that seems most susceptible to it. Good luck.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Thanks for your reply. I am honored!
Thank you for the answer to blossom end rot. I will try the lime.
Lime and just keep the watering even
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Thanks for sharing, great video very informative.
Thanks so much
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Hi Gary.thank you so much for sharing your tips for this ever learning gardener.I am using my son's PC I am Lillian not Mike.Now I am renting so I only have a small space to grow vegetables,I mainly planted tomatoes peppers (4 cabbage) (9 kohlrabi,) some herbs .It is the first year the garden has been used for growing veggies I had to turn the soil and take out all the sod's.The soil is full of worms if not I would not have planted in it at all I am also going to try a few containers.I did add a large bag of miracle soil, black earth, and sheep manure.to feed my vegges.I notice some yellowing on the leaves,I am drying a bunch of banana leaves I am also going to buy a bottle of veggie miracle grow and crush up calcium tablets people eat for heartburn,a tip from a friend.If there is anything else you can recommend for me to get the potassium & magnesium intro my plants quickly I am at your mercy.I don't want to spend a lot of money as the landlord said I can not grow veggies next year he wants to just have a back lawn.Yes I know.Regards and Abundant wonderful Blessings .Lillian.
great timing, my first few tomatoes have this problem and I just applied the slurry down in hopes of fixing the problem.
It should work. Watering is key too.
+Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) roughly how long will this provide calcium for before it needs a top dressing of additional calcium?
A massive slurry should be good for the year.
+Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) a quick update... my container tomatoes are BER free. I have at least 15 healthy looking tomatoes currently growing. thanks for the tip.
Last year one of my pepper plants was getting blossom end rot and I used a Tums tablet dissolved in a water bottle as an emergency because it was apart of our vegetable storage for the winter. I love these tips.
Calcium Carbonate in tums!
Hey Angela dealing with this now for my tomatoes, how many tums should you use in a gallons worth of water?
Hello, thank you for the info on this subject! I am wondering how often should I be applying the garden lime mix into my tomato containers? Thanks in advance for your help.
Just 1x a year at most. if you toss a handful of line in, at planting they should be fine.
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Great video , Thanks
Yep.
Great explanation. I found end rot on my melons. So, I will experiment with the options you recommended.
Good luck
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If it hasn't been mentioned before at about 10:00 into the video you mention using copper nitrate spray solution and I believe you meant calcium nitrate spray solution. None the less, thanks for the information. It was very helpful.
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Thank you for the great video, What do you think about plaster of paris (calcium sulphate hemi-hydrate),,, it sounds like it would work, but I haven't tried it yet (the idea came to me this morning). thanks again.
Thank you for the great video and explanation Gary! I'm growing tomatoes in grow bags now. At what point should I start adding the solution as a preventative? Should I wait until I start to see some fruit? Also, how often should I add the solution?
Just 1x will get you the calcium so now is good. Even watering is the key.
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Hi Gary, BER is a complex situation indeed.
How would you recommend the dosage using CaCl2 (calcium chloride) to treat tomato plants agains BER ?
Directly dissolved to pour @ the plant base or by spraying the leaves ; and how frequently ?
Thanks for you interesting channel,
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great vids thank you
Yep
Thanks for the detailed but simple video. Been battling BER of the worst kind for the last two or three years on my tomatoes. had tried garden gypsum last year to no avail. I mixed it in with soil at planting. used Maby half cup per plant. must not have been enough. saw a guideline from UGA extension to use one cup of calcium sulfate .... in powder form ,per plant to prevent BER. planting soon ...hope that works. if not I intend to use some of your methods. Thanks again....from South Georgia
All tomatoes? Or Roma Type? Romas tend to get it more. So if you put in calcium, that should be enough. Something might be locking it out from your plants. Maybe get a soil test. Good luck.
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So if it is on all plants.... I suggest calcium nitrate. I sell it at my shop. It makes like 10 gallons. It is what you would buy in a spray bottle for blossom end rot that costs like $9 a bottle. We sell it in powdered form for like $13. You would need a spray bottle. Im not trying to sell you but suggest a water soluble form of calcium that you can put on the leaves. However, if it doesnt work, I really think something in you soil is locking out calcium to your plants.
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Ok thanks. just got some garden lime like in your video. I get your point about the spray on leaves technique. Transplanting tomorrow. will update on progress. 👍
Thank You Sir
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It took me weeks to get two Cherokee purple tomatoes and they both got end rot before they ripened... Broke my heart
Gary, love the approach, but I thought it would be worth mentioning I have a minor in chemistry and I went through the reaction chain and 2 mole of CH3COOH + 1 mole CaCO3 will yield (CH3COO)2Ca + CO2 + H2O which is Calcium acitate, carbon dioxide, and water. Calcium acitate binds phosphorus in the soil which is a key component in soil bacteria and can also hurt the flowering and root development of the tomato plant (leading to other problems later on). Adding some bone meal should solve the issue. But my biggest concern would be if you have epsom salt in the garden which I know you advocate and many gardeners also use, it can bind with the calcium acetate and create calcium sulfate (good for plants) and calcium magnesium acetate which is ice melt. It is a super dangerous salt which can kill plants.
Thanks. Good to know. I know I am a bit more liberal with the chemical salts but find minimal use along with regular compost and organic ferts like bone meal and blood meal seem to work. I am more curious about how calcium magnesium acetate could form. I was wondering why snow doesnt stick to my raised bed soil. Appreciated.
Gary Pilarchik I mean it isn't likely because it is more likely to occur in a lab, but in theory it could. I like that you are offering so many options for people to fix their problems though. I don't think enough people do it and thank you for adding that egg shells won't fix the problem right away... it drives me nuts the "pinterest" myths out there.
Hey I was just looking up bone meal trying to figure out how much Ca is readily available for something like emergency BER. I saw a product called liquid bone meal that states it has immediate calcium available. Basically it is really fine grinding of bone meal. Do you have any thoughts on it. What I researched is coarsely ground bone meal take a long time to break down, as you get to a finer pulverization, the Ca is much more available. Of course now I cant determine the grinding of what I use. Just curious. I am looking into purchasing 50 pounds bags of bone and blood meal for my gardens when I move. Trying to learn more about them.
Gary Pilarchik bone meal does have readily absorbing calcium but not much. The best form of readily available calcium is called fast acting lime. It is lime that is very loosely held to it's carbon molecules. It breaks down even quicker in the presence of soil bacteria. But it is important to not add too much or it can upset soil pH. That is why personally I use gypsum in my soil. It takes a little longer than lime does, but if you get micronized gypsum (or make it yourself) the particle size makes all the difference in the availability and absorption time.
Thanks.
How often would you suggest adding lime slurry to containers as a preventative measure. Also should i hold off before fertilizing again?? I have a few plants with BER that are also ready for a replenishing of fertilizer.
Thanks for the video! I didn’t know Roma tomatoes are more susceptible to BER. This year ALL of my tomatoes got BER (including my Roma and brandy wine)
I just poured some lime slurry on. Hopefully the second batch would be fine 😕
My compost bin is full of tiny eggshell pieces. They just seem to get smaller. I still get BER. Hydroponic fertiliser contains calcium nitrate. It works great on container plants.
I actually sell calcium nitrate. It does work wonders. Some dont like it cause its not lime or eggshell.
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thanks for the tip on how to fix blossom end rot I have not had that problem yet but if I do I well know what to do about it
Hopefully you don't have to use it.
Gary Pilarchik should we wait to see if any tomatoes get BER or is it okay to water it with the solution just in case.
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Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) I'm sorry I deleted my comment. Now I'm making. The truth. blossom end rot is due to acidic soil the moisture from the water on the bottom of your tomatoes. Calcium is good. It helps the plant to absorb nitrogen. To create leaves to shelter the tomatoes. from intense sunlight. So when you water it doesn't split theTomatoes open. Cracked. I made a better comment and CZcams deleted it before I can even submit it..
My bad mouth comment was altered and was not what I meant to say I'm sorry. I deleted it.
I use pounds of calcium nitrate with my tomatoes plants. thay have never looked as good as ever in the past. out of hundreds of tomatoes I've gotten 3 with blossom end rot even with hordes of calcium. and I've never been inconsistent in watering always keep the soil soaked!
I've suggested to myself. that you have a lot.I can learn from!
Are you making calcium nitrate or are you actually making nitrocalcite? If so wouldn't it in fact be an organic fertilizer like bat guano which contains high levels of nitrocalcite because of limestone coming in contact with bat feces? Or am I misreading into this.
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Yep.
Watching this channel makes me feel like I'm in a college course about Tomatoes.
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Yep
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thanks for another informative video but i have a tomatoes wilt problem any videos on this .....
If the wilt is bacterial wilt, there is nothing you can do.
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I've seen so many videos of yours. I was wondering if you ever grow water melons ? I'm a container vegetable grower, first time this year. Thanks for the great videos and information.
I don't. I don't have the room. Next year I am cutting back on tomatoes and might grow a few. I do have some cantalop[es going right now,
This is so informative. I've been growing tomatoes for years because I love to eat the good old fashioned type and you have just made growing them so much easier for me. Thank you. It's the 8th of August now and pretty cool so polytunnels are closed up to keep the heat in.
Glad help. Very cool t have a tunnel too.
Last season I used a sack of garden gypsum. It was a hassle to try to get it to dissolve in water. I tried crushing the granuales then soaking the powder in water. It just was a muddy mess. This year I finally found a sack of calcium nitrate which I hope will dissolve in water. I'm not sure what a good mixture strength will be. My toms are getting loaded with flowers and even see a few green gum balls. Any advice from folks would be welcome. The sack says it's 15- 0-0. Thanks a lot
HI gary, lovely videos. should we ony use calcium nitrate when blossom end rot sets in. or regularly for your tomato pkants. thanks in advance for your answer
It is good to spray regularly for prevention. You dont have to over do it.
Just a thought for concentrated solution of both calcium and magnesium would be to purchase a $.68 bottle of carbonated water, 32oz, chilled and adding 3 tablespoons of milk of magnesia, without the chlorine inactive ingredient, which should only have purified water, shaking it, then refrigerate about 30 minutes then shake again until clear; then adding a couple of tablespoons of calcium chloride that you buy from the canning or pickling section for under $5. Then just add an ounce or so to a spray bottle and spray the plants or mix the whole bottle in a couple of gallons of water and pour a cup onto the root section of the plant. This concentrated solution, without the calcium, is magnesium bicarbonate which is bioavailable and goes straight to the cells without having to be broken down, and it would cost about $65 to purchase. Just a thought since everything has to be broken down to its smallest form which is chloride
That is a great way to do it. I like the cost savings by working around buying premade product.
Hello, I put Lime into my Roma Tomato plants, but I wasn't completely sure if the BER was caused by lack of calcium. Are there any disadvantages of putting this lime?
Thanks, I just bought some Epson salt... and made a spray (one tablespoon in a gallon), BUT I think I'll just sprinkle some at the foot of the plant in a few weeks... Hearts are the worst for me, as well as plums. I have given up on any plum / roma types.
A Kosovo is currently carrying some fruits, I am praying it will survive till the end!
Good luck
I have espoma organic vegetable fertilizer, is it ok to add vinegar to that?
I’m experiencing BER on my opalka tomatoes. Someone suggested it might be an over-watering issue. I’ve been consistently watering my plants, more often than usual as we’re experiencing very hot, dry days lately. Do you think BER could be the result of over-watering, or should I add calcium to my soil? I’m growing in raised beds in Michigan zone 6a.
Gary, thank you for another very educational video!
However, this conflicts with another video that you've made.
What is a better solution to cure mid-season BER. A slurry of water and lime or eggshell dust dissolved in vinegar?
And can I spray either of these mixes on the foliage, for potentially a quicker absorption?
Thanks Gary!!
Either actually. The slurry should just be used 1x and I do that for the mid season emergency on the roots but don't use it on leaves. The eggs shells can be a foliar feed. Those are organic but I sell calcium nitrated on my seed shop. It is 100% the best and fastest. Foliar feed and and root drench. Nothing but free calcium. It is made by reacting calcium carbonate and nitric acid. Just like eggshell and vinegar but not classified organic. I just give options for people as they like to do different things. Only one choice is needed though.Please check out my seed and garden shop at www.therustedgarden.com
Gary, thank you for the quick response! So if I understand you correctly, I should do both a root drench and foliage spray. Root drench with a lime slurry (as described in this video) and a foliage spray with either the eggshell/vinegar mix or calcium nitrate. Thanks again! My family will appreciate the rescued tomatoes.
I use milk dilute it down n water plants they love it😎
BER on only my celebrity tomato and banana peppers. Just did the lime solution on them.
Good luck
Hi Gary, I found your videos when I was searching for the solution (no pun intended) to this very problem, and I have a question for you: how often should you apply this to your containers? I have 3 Earth Box type containers with 2 plants each. Only the romas seem to be having the problem, but it seems likely that the other two varieties will end up with this eventually unless I treat the soil in the containers. So how much of the lime solution should I add to each plant, and how often should I repeat the treatment? Thank you for your help, and thank you for your truly informative channel - I'm binge-watching and learning an immense amount!
Just once is enough, 1 cup poured around. Water it in. You just do it to know calcium is there. After that key is watering regularly. Good luck!
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Hi Gary. Thanks for this video. I do have a question for you though. I have about 12 tomato plants in my raised bed and out of all of them, there is one particular plant that seems more susceptible to blossom end rot. It is a German Queen. Almost every single young fruit develops the rot. There is one other plant (mortgage lifter) that had rot on a few other fruits but not all of them. Why would only one of the plants be mainly affected and how to a do localized treatment? Any idea would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
So you can add lime around the plant and try and get in some calcium. I sell calcium nitrate at my shop. You wake a liquid and feed and or spray the leaves. Some plants are just more susceptible. The root systems of tomatoes go way out across the surface so it is unlikely you have specific calcium deficiency in 1 area.
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Hello,
I really appreciated the way you gave so many options to fix BER, some organic, some not, not immediate, some long-term...
I have a question: do you know if some varieties of tomatoes are more susceptible to BER? I have 5 varieties of tomatoes this year, and only 2 of them are having a problem, even though they get the exact same amount of water all the time. So I'm wondering if those two types (Brandywine and Tie-dye) just need more calcium than others...
ROMAS get BER more than any other type. You really need a little calcium and once you covered getting it the pot, it is really about watering and the plant.
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Thanks; Where does CalMag(2.0.0+/-) fit into to this ...Can i use it?
Gary, do you consider using the lime slurry application a fertilizer? trying to decide if i should adjust my fertilizer schedule for it, it's organic fertilizer so i know it won't hurt the plants, but trying to only fertilize when necessary
No the slurry is just for emergencies. Its not a fert. It should be done regularly. Add some lime or gypsum in you mix at the start and it should help prevent blossom end rot.
Hi Gary please help. Great videos btw. From all the treatments you explained do I only apply what ever I choose once or do I continue until I see a change? I've sprayed the leaves of my tomatoes a couple of times now and was wondering if I should continue or is once/twice enough. (Btw I'm in Johannesburg SA so it is spring here)
For blossom end rot... you only need one really.
Thanks for getting back to me. Much appreciated. I'll keep an eye then.
i don't have BER at this time, i have been saving eggshells in in water and vinegar 1G water + 2T vinegar). will that help prevent BER? If so how long should I let the shells sit in the water?
Ok think you
Yep
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I always ad Calcium Chloride (Ice Melt) to my beds and NEVER have any BER. Calcium Chloride is immediately available to the plants. You only need about 1.5 TBSP mixed with your fertilizer for a 50 sq. ft. bed.
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Hey Gary, think powdered oyster shells would be able to fix BER?
Not for emergency. Put in the soil in the beginning of the year would help.
You can add the viniger to crushed up egg shells as well for the same result.
Thanks
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The second gallon of water you mixed you said was calcium nitrate to spray on the plant and/or feed the base for blossom end rot. Near the end of the video, you refer to the second bottle as copper nitrate to spray on your plants for blossom end rot. You also said you make copper sulfate by using copper wire and acid to make a Bordeaux mix. A Bordeaux mix is a 'fungicide' and it isn't made using acid, it's made using lime. In your defense, you did say "It gets confusing" ...let's see, nitrate mixes with copp, no calcium, but calcium is the nitrate...and sulf... Oh well, I'll figure it out. Thanks for the info. on blossom end rot. I have to plant in 5 gl. buckets and run into this problem a lot. I'll give it a try this spring.
Brain cramp. It is calcium nitrate not copper nitrate. The acid creates the copper compound copper sulfate used in the Bordeaux mix. Granted the mixers don't have to use acid but the compound they use is created. General point is some products deemed organic and synthesized by people for components. Copper sulfate is made with sulfuric acid and copper.
My yellow squash thats in a large container has black hairish looking something on the flowers which is making them fall off. The bees are pollinating the plant, but not sure if this is what BER looks like on the squash. I have 2 squash growing on the plant, but the other ones I see have this black hairish looking thing on the flowers. HELP!
If I would do like you said of the lime with water how much of that would you put on the plant soil at once? The whole lot jug? I have it pretty bad with my peppers and want to fix it this season.
There a different in amount with potted vs raised bed?
You getting anymore calcium nitrate ic your all out on your site.
Just a good soil soak. Just 1x is all you really need and then keep moisture even going forward
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Hi Gary, once you add vinegar to lime and throw in water , how long it takes lime to be fully dissolved ? How long I should keep in water? Please advice. Thanks.
Gary, all of my tomato plants are doing great except the 2 Cherokee Purple ones. The plants are big and healthy and have about 10 tomatoes on each plant but EVERY SINGLE ONE has blossom end rot 😭 It seems like every time I grow Cherokee Purple, this happens. They are being watered and fertilized the same as my other types of tomatoes, so I have no clue what’s going on. Anyways, I went out last night and got that exact same Espoma Garden Lime and vinegar and am going to try out your magic mixture on them. I sure hope it works. Its sad seeing such great plants go to waste.
Yeah it is weird when all and all the population of tomatoes do well. I would give it one dose of lime and thats about all you can do. I sell calcium nitrate on my seed shop. It is what is used to make the calcium sprays you pay a lot for in the bottle but you can make your own. You just spray the tomato leaves and they get calcium
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I am so sorry for hitting you with So many questions, but I have gotten to the point that I trust you more than others. I've got a case of droopy sweet pepper leaves. I know it gets plenty of water and Not more than it needs as I check the soil about every 3 hours. It seems I need Calcium. However, I'm just about broke. I looked up some household items that I might have laying around. There are MANY people claiming Tums works well. Have you heard of this and Anything about it Tums being harmful to the plant?
Gary Pilarchik I got the pepper plant when it was about a foot tall from Home Depot it is now 4 foot tall and in a 5-gallon container. the leaves feel a little dry to the touch and a little thin but the soil is moist and not drenched. and there was some wrinkly looking leaves as well that felt almost like normal leaves. plus I use a granule fertilizer on it every two weeks. I did not let the pepper go to dry at any point. sorry about the grammar mistakes I am on my phone
How often should I water/apply the lime slurry?
These are to pour in the soil or do you spray on the leaves and tomatoes? Also after u combined in both of those clear containers did u pour each of those into additional water in a bucket ? Or pour that mix alone?
Hmmm ... so you haven't watered that pot in weeks? Is it possible then that the soil is too wet? Wouldn't this also cause BER?