I planted two gardens both about 70x100 each. I had the soil tested and it came back good just had to add 3lbs N per 1000 sqft. The problem is everything starts great and when it gets close to harvest it rots or busts. The only thing that does good is the zuchini and squash. tomatoes,canalope and cucumbers rot quickly. I pulled some tomatoes and let them ripen in the house and they had a bitter tate to them. I thought it might be some kind of fungus but I don't know. Any Ideas?
what wrong with my garden
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Sounds like damp rot to me.
troutsqueezer
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Not nearly enough information to go on. Any answers you get will be shooting from the hip. There are a lot of variables and a lot of possibilities. How is the drainage? How often and how much do you water? Have you grown gardens successfully in the same spot before? How has the weather been? Are you sure the fruit is rotting or is it something more like blossom end rot on the tomatoes? Professional horticulturalists will need to know specifics and usually ask for pictures before making a diagnoses.
bp fick
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What trousqueezer said, times two.
I now it will be hard to get the answers without alot more detail but I hope to get some ideas to start with. This is only the second year I have ever attempted a garden, the soil hasn't been worked for 40-50 years. The garden did the same thing last year. I do not water since we have had a very wet year. I do feed some with miricle grow and use sevin for bugs(which are a problem too). The soil drains pretty good for WV flat land but will stay damp for a few days after a big rain. Like I said I wanted to get a place to start looking because I don't have a clue.
Egon
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Think I'd try some 17/17/17 fertilizer.
The above stated fertilizer will probably not be correct for blossom end rot although it has worked for me.
The above stated fertilizer will probably not be correct for blossom end rot although it has worked for me.
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If you water unevenly that can happen to you. If your fruit like tomatoes are under watered when green the skin thickens and then when you water the fruit grows fast and they split. So if you let it dry then water allot, that could be your problem.
HS
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This is the best advice so far, take them a soil sample from the four corners of the plot and have them test the PH and advise you. Adding any fertilizer without knowing the PH is big mistake.
To sterilize the plot cover it with black plastic for a couple of weeks.
