Simplest & Cheapest Method To Prevent Blossom End Rot (BER) - Using Tums! 

Its wild listening to these old videos and seeing how much you have grown and matured over the years!✌❤🙏

When I plant my tomato seedlings, the push a couple of tums tablets into the soil about an inch deep right next to the tomato stem, one on each side of the stem. Four weeks later, I push one more tablet into the ground next to the stem. Four weeks later... one more tablet again. That takes care of the whole rest of the growing season. I haven't had blossom end rot since starting this method. And it's just too easy.

Mom had some blossom end rot last year... I will let her know her plants have heartburn! Thanks so much for another great vid.

What helped my blossom end rot. I save my egg shells. Bake them at 250 degrees for 30 minutes. Then crush them into a powder. Then scratch it into the soil. Plants respond really fast. I now have a healthy watermelon fruit

the first few tomatoes i harvested off two determinate plants i had this year had blossom end rot. i shoved two tums down to the roots and watered deeply. no other tomatoes that the plant made had the disease! might have been just luck but i'm not complaining.

Hey! One time I had a bottle of calcium tablets that had expired. I took a broom handle and made a whole right next to every plant. They were established but without fruit. I dropped a tablet in each hole. Then closed the whole with the handle. Best tomato plant’s that i can remember!

Thank you for the easy and inexpensive tip. I look forward to healthy Tum-atoes.

Wow. I just started following you in the last 6 months or so. Look how crazy young he looks!

I have been researching how to deal with blossom end rot that is affecting some of my tomatoes. I will be spraying with tums tonight. I love your simple, cheap solutions - I'm all about that! Thanks!

To prevent blossom end rot: When you plant dig a trench and lay the plant in it. Bury it all except the top set of leaves. It makes the plant make lots of roots. Blossom end rot general effects the first "round" of fruit because there aren't enough roots. Second...keep em wet especially during the first blossoming. If it's not wet the calcium don't get taken in. If your root system is small and weak...the fruit pays the price.

We’ve had several heat waves here and started having issues with BER. TUMS mixed in water sprayed on the plants in the morning (pre 80 deg) has really helped with BER. The plants are visibly healthier too. For a longer term solve I’ve added crushed oyster shell and pelletized lime to the base of each plant. Next year I’ll add more oyster shell to the holes before planting and water more consistently vs just deeply during heat waves. Thanks for the tips HOtG!

I use powdered milk. I sprinkled a tbsp around the hole I made for planting. Planted my tomatoe plants. Then watered well and kept up with their watering schedule. They are growing beautiful so far.

I watched a lot of your videos before this growing season. I was able to get a lot of things started on my own including my tomatoes. I have heavily changed how I grow my tomatoes the last couple of years. I have always crowded my tomatoes and that hasn't changed. What changed is keeping the bottom 12-18 inches pruned. I also moved cages/stakes, to a sort of experimental trellis system, to ultimately a Florida weave/tie hybrid method with some borrowed measures from the grape farmers. I have a soaker hose run at the bottom of the plants I pre fertilized each hole with blood meal, bone meal, garden lime, fertilized once with general liquid fertilizer, and an Epsom salt/banana water mix. Everything was planted as deep as possible. As I've pruned them I've mounded soil around the stem to hopefully produce more roots and to help keep the ground moist. I heavily mulched with straw. Some say not to because it reflects the sun and doesn't heat the soil. Imo this is more for peppers and causes your soil to dry out faster using a non reflective mulch. I just have to run my soakers on a trickle for a couple of hours a few times a week. Everything is staying pretty moist without using a crazy amount of water despite the heat. I also have a succession crop, from suckers, going in once the determinate Romas finish. Starting inside early and some careful planning have me looking at more Romas than I'll know what to do with other than can. You and everyone in the RU-vid garden community have really changed how I approach gardening. You especially give how similar your zone and climate are to mine.

Super tip, I didn't know this one. A tip in return - to crush a tablet just get another spoon the same size and use it to crush the tablet between the spoons and it keeps the powder on a spoon. You learn these things when you have to give meds to your children...or dogs! Best Wishes, Brendan

I love videos like these. I get such joy out of saving money in creative and clever ways. Thanks.

I have this problem and I'm like I'm gonna look for MIgardener I know he can help. Thanks man! God bless!

THIS IS GREAT..I have Tums so I will be doing this since I found 2 tomatoes with the problem and I want to stop it before it's to late. Thanks for the tip.

I had a blossom end rot with my yellow squash and also they are not growing bigger! So i tried this and it works! I'm so happy! I got a better harvest with my squash this week! Thank you..

I check for and watch you and Cindy's videos everyday, so watching this much older video is such a huge difference! Lol how technology has progressed! Still a great informative video

wow What a tremendous turn around first time I ever did 5 gal. bucket plants. I treated at beginning believing that was enough treated with Pelleted lime, along with a Aspirin but it was not enough. plants grew fantastic green green ton of flowering by week 6 nothing all my tomato growth stunted at about the size of a grape then blossom end for set in. I tried this method picked off all the ruined fruits new tomatos took off good size turning red no sign of any end rot. Cheaper & Improved results thank you.

Absolutely the best video on the subject yet!! Thanks!

Appreciate your explanation of the deficiency due to water. That is likely the most common one for sure.

I'm going to try the tums today, and make a video on it!!! I'll give a shout out to you as a resource.

Thanks MIgardener. Im seeing signs of blossom end rot this year and wanted to find a solution to fix it. You just answered that question. I have some antiacids on hand and will spray right now. I picked off about 10 tomatoes, luckily my plants dont have a lot on them yet but a lot of blooms. Appreciate the video and thanks for sharing.

I went out and checked on my jalapeno peppers today and saw that some of them had blossom end rot, very sad and I wasn't sure what to do. Thank you for the quick and easy tip.

Awesome! Thank you so much!!!!! So happy I found you!

I use bone meal, work great too, and mix it up and pour a quart to all my vegetables.

Thank you! We are going to try this.

Totally Awesome! Thanks so much for your great helpful information ... It is appreciate.

Thank you so much for transforming my first tomatoes ever from bad BER to an every day pleasure admiring life's miracles. I used Rolaids tablets (also calcium carbonate + magnesium) because of their lower price. You made my first summer at gardening an admiration school toward all the growers that offer us such exceptional quality products.

Thank you for this simple solution video!

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Awesome vid, I'm doing this to my Roma tomato plants because they started to get BER. I heard elongated species will have this issue. Again great work, will watch more videos in the future.

Thanks so much for this video! I'd heard about using Tums, but didn't know how or why it works. You answered my questions. Thanks! Have subscribed, and will watch more vids!

Very good. You explained that very well.

Excellent! I learn something new in each of your videos!

Thank you for the video. I hope it will help me get rid of BER in my first tomato container plant.

Thank you, great info. I’m going to try this.

8 years later, I am very thankful for this video. 🌻

We've had lots of rain this spring I mean lots of rain. I found 2 tomatoes that had blossom end rot today, looks to be just starting...So naturally, I freaked out and did a frantic inspection of every single tomato I could find on 17 very lush plants and didn't find anymore, thank goodness! Tomorrow I will be applying my husbands tums to my plants too! Great video...hope it works because I have big beef tomatoes the size of softballs/large Naval oranges and would be heartbroken if they get it

Thank you so much for the info here... I keep some on hand all the time because I have to give a 1000 mg calcium tab to my dog cause he doesn't produce calcium anymore... Thanks so much for all you share...

I did this a few years ago . Desperate and having the anti acid tablets at home i gave it a try. It really works. I think i planted the "Tums" lol.. but it worked . Next time i will crushed as per video.

Thanks for the calcium tip I'm going to try it.

Thank you for the great tip!

Thanx hunny-bun, great advise; Cheers happy gardening from Oz.

Dude, nice video. Same as everyone else watching this. Blossom rot on one plant.. so hoping to avoid it on the next gen of 'maters. thanks bro

thank you thank you thank you! I have been looking for an easier way besides the egg shells!! Can't believe I didn't think of this! awesome!

Good Reminder more Back Yard Gardner's need this information. Good Job FYI . Well illustrated.

Wow that's great. can I do this to all my plants like once every 6 months or so just to make sure that they have their calcium?

lol it is fun to see your old videos. I love how you didnt edit out some of the retakes.

this is great. thanx. can i also use it in my hydroponics and aquaponics systems

Thanks for this info, it is appreciated. One question I have is can you add the dissolved calcium poured directly into the plants container. Thanks again.

Thanks I'm gonna try this!

How clever! You are so right!

Oh this is great! Thank You for sharing :)

I use 2 oyster shell calcium vitamins - 1 per seach side of the plant. We have a drip system so each time it runs (every other day) it takes some of the calcium with it. You can reapply the vitamins every month or so. This helps eliminate blossom end rot. Water on a regular basis & never let the dry out.....

I'm having issues with BME- actually posted a video about it last week. I'm going to try the Tums trick. Thank you!!

amazing how simple. Thank you so much

Bought the tablets today, 750 mg like you said, and will spray later to avoid the midday sun. Question?: I had several with end rot and threw them away. Have several others getting ripe and show no signs of being affected. Possible that not all the new ones won't be? Also, how about a follow up application? Only have 3 plants and a gallon of mix. Use it up weekly? Great tip. Sure hope it works!

I drop one tablet into hole along with tomatoe plant when transplanting. It works

thanks for the tip. very useful :)

Thanks for sharing this bit of info! I've got one tomato plant that is producing tomatoes with BER and was wondering if there was anything I could do. Now I know!

I just noticed today that my tomato plant has blossom end rot. How often should I be spraying it with the calcium solution?

thanks so much for the information!

Thank you so much and i wish i had found you months ago when i had followed instructions on RU-vid gardening. Never once did anyone here said Not to spray chemicals or diy mixture that they showed on to your plants when it's hotttt so i burn the leaves of all my tomatoes at the time😭😭😙

Thanks for the information

Hi and thankyou for the tip and video can you please tell me if I should do this everyday to my plants

great delivery on the video! There is so many different opinions on foliar feeding. Some say it's a waste. Others swear by it. What's your take? Thanks!

I look forward to trying this!

I also would like to know how often this should be done. Also should you apply some at the base. Thanks love your channel.

thanks bro, your a champ!!

This guy talks kinda far out there but his advice is sound and works.Followed his advice On Tomatoes last year and had my best crop ever, No end rot and never been healthier. Owe him a big thanks.

Thank's for the tips i will be trying this..... :)

Great video! Hate to use chemicals on anything, especially vegetable garden.

Never would have thought that tums was so helpful to plants :-)

I use mycorrhizae to naturally raise the calcium levels. It’s a fungus that attaches to the roots and goes where the roots can’t go and finds the calcium and brings it to the roots opening extra calcium channels it’s like a second root it even looks like a root . This works best when your phosphorus is at minimum. You can also use brixx meters to test for your calcium in the leaves although you can tell when it’s working.

Very cool!!! I've been going crazy with end rot! I hope it worksJamaican Gardener

Great video

Thank you that is sooooo smart

Hey thanks for the info! So there is no need to spray down by the roots?

This rocks.. thank you

Beautiful-Thank you.

so glad I double checked with you. I almost bought (expensive) dolomite. Curious, how does this compare to dolomite?

awesome information!!!

I do use eggshells. But I soak them for a few hours and then water with the liquid.

I don't have a sprayer. Can I water this in or do you "have" to spray on the leaves. Also, how long does it take to fix blossom end rot. I am having this problem in one of my tomato plants (in the pot).

THANKS! Any harm in adding more than 1 tablet per gallon to the soil? I sprayed and drenched the soil. If some is good is a lot better?

Great video, how often can you-should you use this

Nice info. Thanx.

you have early blight take a handful of whole grain cornmeal. Cormeal there is a beneficial fungi call trichoderma that grows on the corn mill. trichoderma wipes of a ton of damaging fungi which is what early blight is.

Wow this just popped up for me. Your so young in that vlog. Thanks for sharing. Sincerely Michelle Pup Harley and Kitty Liam Arlington Massachusetts

Thanks.

Thanks for the tip!

Thanks for the info bro!

Awesome Man! Thanks so much!

i didnt know about tums. i used some expired lowfat milk in sprayer and soaked the plants. will buy tums for my on-hand garden supplies. thanks for the tip!

thanks got question ..how often do you spray calcium on tomato plants ?

I have thought about doing something like that with oyster shell. Wonder If it that would work.

I like gardening videos and how to videos so thanks for putting this video out there. On a lighter note, it looks like your shorts have some blossom end rot at 7:13.

if you had it in the past it will probably be a problem again unless you did something about it but it is such a cheap preventative!