Lime, crickets, and tomatoes

boomer1025 · Jul 13, 2012

Next year when you plant your tomatoes, but some bonemeal in the hole to take care the blossom end rot.

YesDeere · Jul 13, 2012

Tomato tone has saved my as*

Mickey_Fx · Jul 13, 2012

TCJatko said:
You guys are lucky; I have blight on my tomatoes.

Couple things that can help with late blight. Drip irrigation, don't get the foliage wet. Second try and find some Serenade fungicide. Serenadeｮ MAX : Fungicides : AgroChemical :Agraquest

Mickey_Fx · Jul 13, 2012

As for the Blossom end rot, I'd not be too anxious to add lime before taking a PH reading of your soil. My soil is naturally slightly above 7 and I don't need to raise the number by blindly adding lime. As has been said, you can't do anything to correct the current crop that is displaying blossom end rot.

rsewill · Jul 13, 2012

Didn't know you could overwater tomatoes. Aren't hydroponic tomatoes grown with the roots suspended in water?

joshuabardwell · Jul 14, 2012

TCJatko said:
You guys are lucky; I have blight on my tomatoes.

I have had blight on my tomatoes every year I have grown them. The leaves slowly turn brown and fall off, working their way up the plant. I don't worry about it though, because they still make more fruit than I know what to do with.

joshuabardwell · Jul 14, 2012

rsewill said:
Didn't know you could overwater tomatoes. Aren't hydroponic tomatoes grown with the roots suspended in water?

I think that it's not so much overwatering as uneven water. If you give the tomatoes a sudden rush of water after they have started to set fruit, the fruit can split or rot. I have heard it's best to water them heavily until they start to set fruit, then go a little easy. Of course, you can't control the rain. We have had five inches of water in the last two weeks here (after three or four weeks of drought), and I am concerned for my tomatoes.

rsewill · Jul 14, 2012

rsewill said:
Didn't know you could overwater tomatoes. Aren't hydroponic tomatoes grown with the roots suspended in water?

joshuabardwell said:
I think that it's not so much overwatering as uneven water. If you give the tomatoes a sudden rush of water after they have started to set fruit, the fruit can split or rot. I have heard it's best to water them heavily until they start to set fruit, then go a little easy. Of course, you can't control the rain. We have had five inches of water in the last two weeks here (after three or four weeks of drought), and I am concerned for my tomatoes.

Thanks!

cqaigy2 · Jul 14, 2012

If calcium at a low level then fluctuation of water causes the tomato plant to speed up growth and use up the available calcium and then the cell formation in the fruit is compromised and you get blossom end rot. Sheet rock has calcium in it but can also some what elevated heavy metals and other other chemicals. Epsom salt is a good quick calcium supplement.