From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   T wrote:   
   > Hi All,   
   >   
   > My tomato plant is producing tomatoes with blossom rot.   
   >   
   > I thought this was caused by lack of water and lack of   
   > calcium.  The plant get deluged with water every two   
   > days and I give it a lot of organic bone meal.   
   >   
   > What am I missing?   
      
     root system development vs. heat and demand upon said   
   root system.  if your upper portion of the plants is   
   more than what the roots can provide...  one way to   
   deal with this is to limit how many fruits you allow   
   to develop (which is sad).   
      
     normally for us this happens with the first fruits   
   developed during the season and then improves with   
   later production.  this year there is a longer time   
   of BER and i've had to discard those fruits.   
      
     with the tomato processing season just getting going   
   we'll see how it goes, but this year has been a real   
   struggle with a lot of issues so my hopes are right now   
   is to just get through it and do my best with what we   
   get.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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