How to Fix Blossom

End Rot

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Are your vegetables turning black on the bottom? This is called blossom end rot. While you can’t “heal” a vegetable that’s already damaged, here's how to prevent blossom end rot from happening again.

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Every gardener hates to see this.

A perfectly formed, juicy tomato that’s ready to be picked…until you turn it over and find a dark, leathery spot underneath.

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Believe it or not, the problem does not lie in the tomato plant itself—the problem is in your soil. And blossom end rot can happen to tomatoes, melons, eggplants, peppers, or squash.

This dark patch of evil is called “blossom end rot.”

Thankfully, you can fix blossom end rot. While you can’t “heal” a individual vegetable that’s already damaged, you can prevent blossom end rot from happening again--on the same plant.

First, a little background. All plants need to absorb minerals from the soil. That’s why we amend, or improve, our garden soil with worm castings and natural compost (and some folks use fertilizers).

Ingredients

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Blossom end rot’s root cause is a lack of calcium.

Instructions

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This lack of calcium can be caused by a few things: -There’s not enough calcium in the soil (this is rarely the case) -The calcium is there, but the soil pH is too low for the plant to be able to grab and use it

Instructions

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