EMERGENCY! 3 Fixes for Blossom End Rot || Black Gumbo 

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 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'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

Thank you! Just found blossom rot this morning! Going to do this today!

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 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!!

Yaaay!! Thank you for the tip! I will be adding this to my garden must have list!! Thank you for sharing! Happy gardening!!❤🍉🍅🍆🍓🌺❤

Yessiree! You saved my tomato plants. I’ve subscribed cause you have the knowledge!

I thought it was cute to see you watering your tomatoes & your pup too! Haha! too cute... oh, and thanks for the info!! ;)

Thanks a lot for the advice! You helped me save my tomato plant.

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 like this video. You didn’t talk too much like some RU-vidrs who are in love with the sound of their own voices and go on forever. Subscribed!

Thank you. Very informative video and your explanations are clear, educational, and interesting!

I used tums last year on my tomato plants and it did work.

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 .

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.

Thanks for the information. Happy gardening to you too.

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

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!

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.

I lost several san marzano plants last year to end rot..thanks for quick fixes info so I'll be ready this year !

I’m having this issue right now. Thank you for sharing what the problem could be. I will be more attentive to this problem.

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.

Thanks! Short and sweet, it's how I like solutions to my problems :D

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.

Thanks for the tips. I thought I'd have to pull the plant. Definitely trying this🍅🍅🍅

Thank you so much for this video. We have blossom end rot on our tomatoes and will try these suggestions.

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! 😊

Perfect timing, I have blossom end rot on my tomatoes

Very interesting. Never heard of these ideas before. Thank you.

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.

This is exactly the info I needed. Thanks so much!

Thanks for the suggestions to end blossom end rot on the tomatoes, Scott.

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!

Thanks Scott! I haven’t had any rot on my tomatoes but 1 watermelon and 2 cantaloupes. Just treated them with antacids. My submersible blender ground them up well.

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!

Very educational. Thanks as always.

Helpful; THANK YOU! and… LOVE the Art Vandelay shirt!

Thank you for this information. I used the Garden Lime and it solved my BER problem. Great video. Thanks again.

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!

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 🙏

much needed info. Thank you.

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. 🌻🌸🌼🌺

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.

Thank you, going to try and save our tomato's with your advice. Great video =)

We're going to try it out. Thanks for the information.

Nice I have a terrible time growing tomatoes. I appreciate the help.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIPS AND I WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT ON MY TOMATOES AS THEY ARE JUST STARTING TO FRUIT.

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!

Great video thanks! Your shirt is hilarious, love it! 🤣

This video is right on time. Thank you.

Such great tips. Had to save this for future reference!

Awesome, found some rot today ... feel like I have Hope now !!!

Great video my man. Stay blessed

seen a bunch of videos but yours was the best ideas.

Thanks Scott!

Helpful info, thanks!

Thanks, Scott. I really appreciate the simple hacks (aren’t I current?!?!!).

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.

Perfect. Thank you for your effort

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!!

Ty for the help, my first time with Marranos and don’t want to lose a bite!😇

Thank you, this is very helpful. I am currently giving it a try as I just discovered this problem with my tomatoes. I will give you an update. Again many thanks. .

Thanks Scott.

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.

You're a big help for me. Thanks.

Thanks will try this

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!

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…..

Vandelay Industries!!! haha have the same shirt. Thanks for the fix, live in tulsa have this bottom rot on my bell peppers and tomatoes.

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…

Great looking corgi!

Thank you. Will try the tums, I live in Mexico never had problems before, but used what I thought was good potting soil.

Thank you. We had this rot last summer and simply applied lime and magic.

Thank you so much you are so kind

Oh my goodness. Thank you. My Goliath tomatoes have this.

Great content, gonna use the Tums method asap. Didnt know you were an importer/exporter as well as a garden master :)

Thank you

OMG thank you!! Gonna go put some berry flavored tums on my poor tomato plant!

Thank you for the information

Thanks! A few are growing well I just cut off the sick ones.

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!

Thanks for sharing🍅🍅🍅🥰

Thank You,Thank you Thank You.

Aaw man I’m so glad you made this video. My Zucchini are amazing...but sadly they need this emergency treatment 😢

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...

Thank you!

Thank you for the information im going to try the tums on my jalapeno

Thank you so much 😊

Smart ,smart ,,thank you👍

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 ...

Great ideas.

Thanks !

I TRIED THE TRICK < IT WORKED< I LOST 1 TOMATO! WOW THANKS ALOT!

Thank you SO MUCH

I’m going to try it on my squash plants. Thanks🤞

Thank you.

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.

Thanks for the best practice 🙏👍