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http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-28-d.html
This is what I get for keeping everything in a 5 gallon bucket, I suppose.
I'm guessing my cause is a combo of water/ph issues, and too much "poo."
Does anyone else have this problem?
Photos below (THESE ARE GRAPHIC PHOTOS - DO NOT CLICK IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED BY VD PHOTOS)
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/rhodcv/hort410/8006.jpg
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btw... VD = Vegetable Diseases
(yeah yeah... I know it's a fruit.)
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Commonly referred to as BER in gardening forums (bottom end rot).
Much discusssion and controversy and still little agreement about what causes and what cures it.
FYI the calcium theory and the suggestions on this page are just one view on this problem-- it may be a university's page but it is not the definitive answer and should not have been presented as such by the NCSU.
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I decided to skip my own tomatoes this year and just sponge off my housemate's, who typically forgets about her plants for most of the summer (I end up taking care of them). She typically gets BER and I usually don't-- no idea why. Thus far the tomatoes are still very small and perfect-- I'll take a closer look today.
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I DO NOT APPRECIATE ANYONE POSTING MY PHOTO AND MAKING FUN OF MY WARDROBE.
It just so happens that I look good in velvet. If you don't, that's not my fault!
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Nope, none of our tomatoes have it so far. And the plants look absolutely incredible. Not a yellow or dying leaf anywhere, and the leaves are huge.
I've had the worst luck with roma or plum type tomatoes in regard to BER.
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