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.