You're Not Going To Like This! | Blossom End Rot 

I use it also and have it every year. Too much rain!

@kansasgardener5844 add more, I use it heavily pre loading the soil and a good handful in the planting hole.

I do the same thing .

That does not work buddy!

I use even parts of Almond Milk and water. The almond milk has more calcium in it. Last year was my first year and this recipe workout immediately and it's great! I use it in my cucumbers and peppers also. I have a very tall raised bed and all the tomatoes plants got a 1/2 gal of the mix for 3 nights and it was amazing! No more end rot.

I'll bet if you have your soil tested, you'll find you already have calcium in your soil. The guys in your soil have to break it down in order for soil to take up and use.

why dull the blades of the machine for a small amount of calcium, with all the waste of time? agricultural lime or even hydrated lime are more readily available and pretty cheap in large bags. having adequate levels of sulfur or other acids in soil (ph under 7.0) is what makes calcium ions able to dissolve and move.

You can use blackboard chalk too. But reality is that it must be consumed by soil microbial life in order for it to be soluble to the plants. That takes from 12 to 36 months. GYPSUM is your friend if you grow tomatoes. Maintain a soil pH between 6.4 and 6.8 and a balanced fertilizer and a cup of gypsum and a cup of bone meal and your tomatoes will be awesome. BER will not be a big problem.

I started adding ground egg shells to my tomato soil years ago. Every year I add a bit more. The shells I added 4-5 years ago is probably mostly gone now, broken down to a form the plants can absorb. So it's not bad advice per se, it just takes time to work.

@@antoniajuel9582 : takes lots of time and lots of eggs, if you're going to do the whole veggie patch, many years in advance. and then for bonemeal keep the bone scraps, grind them up, etc. Garden lime is cheap and doesnt take years of egg shell collecting etc. With all these organic hacks, before you know it, your whole life starts revolving around collecting waste products, that will be the magic bullet in soil fertility. it's called not valuing your own time and effort. the money you save, ends up usually more money spent. each to their own though. now i just grow great veggies without wasting all of my life on it.

@@antoniajuel9582 as long as you add them consistently no problem they will do exactly what you expect. The problem lies in people adding eggshells to their soil expecting that those eggshells will remedy blossom end rot. They will not. It takes time for bacteria to break that down so it is plant available.(in truth MOST soil contains adequate calcium, but gardeners allow their soil to get out of range. That is when your pH is out of a range of about 6.2 to 6.8. a little more towards the acidic side will slow down tomatoes because the plants will only tolerate a certain amount of acidity. On the other end of the spectrum if you allow your soil pH to get to 7.8 you are most definitely going to have issues with blossom end rot. At that pH calcium is not obtainable to the tomato plant it cannot lift calcium unless that calcium is dissolved. Out of range it won't dissolve. Too acidic and the acidity negates the calcium they act against each other calcium is an alkaline metal, much like reaction between vinegar and baking soda vinegar being the acid and baking soda the base.)

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Glad it was helpful!

Same here. Compost and an addition of straw on top has kept me from getting BER, especially since I've done away with commercial fertilizers and pesticides.

@@gabec2494 yes i use cardboard or plastic for weeds and to hold moisture in the ground

Glad it was helpful!

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The bottom tomatoes will appear and ripen first. Then those in middle of plant and last the top.

Great.

A sudden convergence of ants in the garden, or a line of ants moving up and down a tree, usually indicates the presence of aphids, mealybugs, or other sap-sucking insects that attack plants. Treat for the insects and ant problem will get better.

@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you . Do you have something on your website to treat them or what do you recommend?

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Yes, that will work.

@@gardeningwithhoss cool.. thank you so much.. there's a lot of smallish pieces that I didn't want to just toss.

yes, too much will damage the plants

Sure, but may not be available immediately, add to the soil and not directly to the plant.

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Put it at base of plant or in the hole before you plant?

Did you watch the video?

Epson salt won't help with blossom end rot