That scream of angst you are hearing is coming from me as I water my garden.
I have Blossom End Rot (BER) only on my San Marzano tomato plants - 5 of them. On each of the plants, some of the green tomatoes have BER and some do not. And, this is occurring even right next to each other on the same plant. What is going on here? I scream inside so as not to torture my neighbors, but I still feel like I am in one of Grand Inquisitor Torquemada's chambers.
I thought I had prepared for BER by using bone meal in each planting bed and adding in lots of compost. But that does not seemed to have worked as I thought. I can only assume that inconsistent watering and the amount of watering is the problem that I have to work on.
Last year I had a very severe BER problem that shocked me to the core I had never seen this problem before) and I was able to harvest a small crop of San Marzanos after I stepped up my watering of those plants. I have started a daily watering program. In addition, I am including worm casting fertilizer in my watering cans (1 tablespoon per gallon of water) to help these tomatoes to produce beautiful ripe tomatoes that are free from BER. I can only hope it works.
Gardening is supposed to bring a smile to your face everyday. It is not supposed to be a daily visit to a torture chamber.
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