Any experience with blossom end rot on tomatoes? I have just picked my first tomato only to find it rotted at the bottom. What can I do to fix the problem and save the rest of my crop??
Can I pick them when they are still green? Or will they rot off the plant as well as it ripens??
2CM - Do you mean like a little discoloured softening? We had that on our cherry tomatoes before Christmas and it was a bug that had gotten in at the bud stage, so too late to do anything. Not sure about other causes...we find seaweed, kelp or worm tea helps disease resistance.
About our veges - Because we're renting, have crappy sand instead of and our shedful of gardening stuff is interstate, we decided to keep things simple. Our veges are all planted in bags of potting mix with holes in the tops - no pots even. We have a herb planter and a wheelbarrow/cart type thing we're using for carrots this spring as its deep. Our carrot and mixed lettuce seeds have just sprouted, beans, cucumber and zucchini have flowers and buds, and cherry tomatoes are a few weeks off being ready. We also have a few shallots and some ancient leeks from last year that haven't really grown.
The garden itself already has a giant lemon tree, olive tree, rosemary bush, grape vine and lemongrass. This is the first time we've seen grapes on the vine, so aren't sure what type they'll be, but hoping for something edible (rather than wine grapes!). Any grapevine tips? We are using snail baits around the veg for salters and snails, but any natural tips gratefully received.
So the seeds didn't take, none of them. I had them in individual peat pots, so I thought I'd try sowing them straight into the garden beds - and now I have heaps of little green onion shoots coming up, and I have no idea how to thin them out! Do I literally just gently pull out the extra shoots, and replant them in an extra row? I don't wanna throw them out...
And I've got some nice tomatoes on my Roma, but it hasn't gotten any bigger like my Big Red has - BR is twice its size! Is that normal?
I'm like you - hate the thought of throwing out perfectly good seedlings when thinning out....I've tried replanting but they always die....but I still do it every time!
I think Romas are generally a smaller plant than BR.
My carrots and lettuce seeds have sprouted...DH planted one side and DS the other, but only DH's seeds have sprouted...not sure what happened with DS' as I supervised! Not one carrot or lettuce, lol!
My cue's and zucchini are flowering but not pollinating...mostly male flowers too. Any ideas why I'm getting mainly male flowers?
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