Pepper Ridge Farm said:Hey Tony my first nagas always seem to do and work themselves out of it. The Bone meal right now will push back your flowering with all the N so I wouldn't do that. Espoma has all the bone meal you need. AJ my second plant is staying Chocolate, that is why you always grow more than one. Nice Fatalli pics everyone!![]()
Thanks Cappy, good info. I already applied some bone meal, but only about 1 tablespoon. I always go light on the ferts anyway and apply as needed during the season. They didn't get a big dose of Tomato Tone to start with so I thought they were needy. Anyway, they have a bunch of flowers and pods right now and all the other pods look to be OK so far. I've picked 2 Dorsets and 1 Bhut off 3 different plants that had the rot, I guess that speeds up ripening because they had turned orange. All my other pods show no signs of it, but I'll be checking every day.
patrick said:I think I read AJ saying he doesn't isolate pods, do you Cappy?
bigt sorry to hear about the blossom end rot. I had some toms that did that last year so I crushed a few rolaids, mixed them in a quart of water and fed the plant through the leaves. Soaked it down good. Didn't have any more rotten ends. Good luck to you.
Good advice Patrick - thanks. I have a few Toms doing that as well! This is my 1st year growing Toms and I figured I over watered them. I added some bone meal to them too, but the crushed antacid in a foliar might get faster results.