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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
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Little Ketchup
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Grittyville, WA
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A lot of decent blossoms not amounting to anything.
In this case, a small spot of BER. I probably should have done a more invasive surgury when it was young? Or just left it alone to heal on its own but they dont usually heal?? I think part of the reason they dont heal is because they need calcium to heal and they're already short on calcium hence the BER. The surgery would have to cut it back to a place where it had enough calcium to heal.
^ I did this with some others, where I broke off the portion of the tomato with BER. And those ones did heal nicely and grew normally even after losing a whole lobe of the tomato. It was an experiment, and it was an effort to get seeds. (I think the BER was my fault, not a genetic fault.)
I think with healthy abundant roots and a plant that isnt top heavy with too much foliage, will help prevent BER. Also, the plants should not be stressed by intense sun, or heat, or watering, or lack of water. The plant wants to have high calcium levels but everything we do from fertilizing to watering to providing full sun, will lower the calcium levels. Its anti-intuitive to let the plant have some shade, and just throw some worm castings at the plant rather than chemical fertilizer.
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