For the past several gardening seasons, I have had an unusually high incidence of blossom end rot on my tomato vines. I realize this is a physiological problem, but are there certain tomato hybrids ...

Learn how to perform a home DIY soil test for alkaline or acidic soils and what you need to know about minerals in your water. For the past three years, I’ve had blossom end rot on all my tomatoes.

Tomatoes are one of the most rewarding—and sometimes most frustrating—plants to grow in the garden. Just as the fruit begins to ripen, gardeners often face problems like cracked skins, blackened ...

One of the current issues plaguing the home gardener right now is blossom-end rot on tomatoes. Often mistaken for a disease, it is primarily a physiological problem. No bacteria or pest causes blossom ...

Tomatoes are one of the most versatile and popular plants for backyard gardens, but they can be affected by a variety of unwelcome diseases, including blossom-end rot—which is inedible and ...

MACON, Ga. — If your tomato plants aren't looking as vibrant as your neighbor's, you're not alone or out of luck. Kathy Hensley with the Macon-Bibb County UGA Extension office is offering insight into ...

Blossom-end rot is a common and frustrating problem in tomatoes. There are a variety of home remedies you will see online that are of questionable effectiveness, like applying eggshells or antacids.

Why do tomato plants develop a brown area at the bottom and then continues to spread up the individual fruit? It does not affect all the fruit, just some of them. This is blossom end rot, a fairly ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...

Sometimes the cause and cure for a gardening problem are immediately obvious, such as when tomato fruits have, on their ends, blackened areas that are sunken or flattened -- blossom end rot. The cause ...

Tomato plants are a popular addition to vegetable gardens, but they can be a real challenge. From the moment tomato seeds sprout to the day you compost the plant at the end of the season, tomato ...

We got about an inch of rain the other day in Fulton, before that it was hot and dry. David Trinklein, University of Missouri Plant Science & Technology, had an article about the effects of heat on ...