BER on plants in pots

[ubergoober]

I now have had to remove a full truss of fruit off of my costoluto genovese because of BER. grrrr

[FILMNET]

sorry about this are these plants in the ground , i have 2 of them in ground now Great plants ????????

[ubergoober]

Nope....the two varieties affected by BER here are all container. I have 5 plants in a raised bed and so far so good....KNOCK ON WOOD! lol

[FILMNET]

Last year i made the mistake of growing Roma's, terrible BER, but the ones in 5 Gal pots, i used garden lime ,1 cup in a gal of water spread over the leaves and the rest into the pots . It actually stopped BER. I did this 5 days ago, so far no BER on new tomato's?

[ubergoober]

I may head over to the garden center later. If they have no lime....anything else I could substitute it for? Bone meal?

[FILMNET]

No, look for garden lime it is different than for lawns only $4 a bag, i put some under the new plants, and 1-2 bags in garden after all plants are done,I was done it will sweet up the dirt Like i said last year it worked in pots , but the plants were white for a few days. good luck 1 cup in a gal of water over the leaves and into the pots use a lot also. 1/2 gal for each pots