GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — We’re seeing a lot of sad tomato growers with blossom end rot. The tomato doesn’t form correctly and bacteria and fungi sets in to rot. While the first advice you will likely ...

The culprit of blossom end rot in tomatoes is not a bug or a disease. This tomato problem, also known as bottom rot, is caused by a lack of calcium brought on by dry conditions. Tomato plants need ...

Blossom‐end rot (BER) is a physiological disorder that compromises tomato production worldwide. It manifests as necrotic lesions at the fruit’s distal end, a symptom traditionally attributed to ...

When do you start treating your tomatoes bushes for blossom-end rot? Thanks. — Sonny Blossom-end rot is a common and frustrating problem in tomatoes. There are a variety of home remedies you will see ...

A brown or black area on the bottom of fruits, bumpy stems and spotted tomato leaves. These are some tomato plant issues about at this time of year. As tomato fruits begin to develop, gardeners may ...

Your tomatoes are coming along beautifully — good-sized plants, nice foliage, blossoms and burgeoning fruit. Then, you see something disturbing. The developing fruit is showing brown spots on the ...

There's nothing more frustrating for a gardener than spotting blossom end rot ruining the fruits of their labor — literally. It usually starts as a tiny mark near the blossom end of a green fruit, ...

Finally, I’m not writing about pests this week, but I am writing about a different plant problem in my garden. I’ve been waiting to harvest zucchinis for weeks. Everyone knows that zucchinis grow ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Blossom-end rot is a physiological disorder, not a disease prevalent in tomato, squash, pepper, and all other fruiting ...

If you have ever grown tomatoes, bell peppers, watermelon or squash, it is likely that you have experienced the dreaded blossom end rot. Your tomatoes or peppers seem to be setting fine and it looks ...