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<blockquote data-quote="WTM" data-source="post: 4242528" data-attributes="member: 6230"><p>i guess you could lol but not a rolaids. blossom end rot usually affects the fruit by cell collapse start where the blossom falls off. the biggest causes of blossom end rot are fertilizing with the wrong ratio NPK fertilizers, the wrong PH and watering unevenly, and of course proper ventilation.(which by the pic he posted appears to be more than end rot).</p><p></p><p>most people over fertilize with somehing like 13-13-13 for every thing, then they add more lime because they think they need it when they really dont. most garden vegetables grow best in slightly acidic soil, on average around 6.5 or so. some vegetables like squash, tomatoes and beans require less N than they do P and K.</p><p></p><p>when you get these conditions out of wack and too much N, the leaves grow too fast, while the roots grow too slow and the blooms cant uptake enough calcium and magnesium due to too high N and PH levels. that is when you get blossom end rot.</p><p></p><p>the quickest remedy, crushed gypsum and epsom salt but if the soil PH is still too high the plant cant uptake it properly. there is a spray version called blossom set that you can spray directly on the blossoms that some people have used as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WTM, post: 4242528, member: 6230"] i guess you could lol but not a rolaids. blossom end rot usually affects the fruit by cell collapse start where the blossom falls off. the biggest causes of blossom end rot are fertilizing with the wrong ratio NPK fertilizers, the wrong PH and watering unevenly, and of course proper ventilation.(which by the pic he posted appears to be more than end rot). most people over fertilize with somehing like 13-13-13 for every thing, then they add more lime because they think they need it when they really dont. most garden vegetables grow best in slightly acidic soil, on average around 6.5 or so. some vegetables like squash, tomatoes and beans require less N than they do P and K. when you get these conditions out of wack and too much N, the leaves grow too fast, while the roots grow too slow and the blooms cant uptake enough calcium and magnesium due to too high N and PH levels. that is when you get blossom end rot. the quickest remedy, crushed gypsum and epsom salt but if the soil PH is still too high the plant cant uptake it properly. there is a spray version called blossom set that you can spray directly on the blossoms that some people have used as well. [/QUOTE]
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