by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jun 6, 2011 | tomatoes
Blossom end rot, a common tomato disease, can become a problem if there’s insufficient calcium in the soil. Photo by Lynn Ketchum. I am getting a lot of calls about tomatoes that are big and beautiful, but get a black spot. That black spot starts on the blossom end...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jul 5, 2010 | tomatoes
Blossom end rot can ruin your tomatoes. Nothing is more frustrating than to have a big, beautiful tomato that is just about ripe develop a rotting spot on the bottom, where the blossom was. This is what blossom end rot does. It can take out half the tomato...