General discussion regarding the techniques and methods used to successfully grow tomato plants in containers.
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November 16, 2014 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Queensland, Australia
Posts: 4
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Blossom end rot
Second year trying to grow tomatoes in cocopeat in 45litre bags.
first year a disaster with slow growth, poor fruit set and blossom end rot. turned out was poor advice re nutrients so have tried to address that this year. using a slow release fertiliser + gypsum in the cocopeat and watering every couple of weeks with a potassium solution. Fruit set has been way better than last year but BER is out of control. At a guess losing more than 50% of fruit to BER! Also growth of fruits has seemingly stalled, so only getting small fruit. Am guessing that the plants are still not getting enough calcium so have started using a calcium spray (calcium carbonate antacid tabs in solution - similar to TUMS) and this is certainly making the plats look better but not sure if it's helping the BER. Feel that i need to be using a top dressing or liquid fertiliser to boost the plants. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. cheers Jeff (Thumbs) |
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