Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The bottom of the fruit rotting is called blister rot. It is caused by the soil being too acid. In Alabama we add lime to the soil to stop this. There are other ways of doing this but what the plant needs is calcium. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spencer Cheng" <scheng@aotera.org> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:44 AM Subject: Re: off list Re: [Leica] IMG: porch tomato w/ 65 elmar > According to my wife, who had this problem, tomatoes do that if the > watering is inconsistent (too wet one day, to dry the next). If you plant > it in the ground, it doesn't usually happen but it pots, it is much more > likely. > > Regards, > Spencer > > On Oct 2, 2008, at 10:30, Lottermoser George wrote: > >> only had one plant catch some sort of blight >> which resulted in the bottom of the fruit rotting before ripening >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >