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i thought bucktail was bucktails from Connecticut, he grows horse radish.
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i thought bucktail was bucktails from Connecticut, he grows horse radish. bucktales
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I'll second (or fourth or fifth) the Epsom Salts suggestion. My neighbors raise tomatoes for sale and they both have to add magnesium sulfate (Epsom Salts) to avoid blossom end rot. Since it IS a sulfate, is will slightly lower your pH, meaning you might want to add a touch of calcium or lime to bring it where it needs to be. A word of caution, Epsom Salts will make for some strong onions!  Roger, I'll send some your way, or you could go to HEB and buy the REESE brand grated horeradish. That's what I used for that cocktail sauce. It's my favorite. Ed after the plants grow I spray my tomatoes and peppers with epsom salt solution in a pump up sprayer. Makes em grow!
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to many tails around here, anyway now i need to track down tails for some horse radish. Sounds like you're just looking for an excuse to chase tail.
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to many tails around here, anyway now i need to track down tails for some horse radish. Ed is in post-op recovery mode, and will be for some time. He finally got in to take care of a really bad wing. I hope he's doing well. I gotta' give that old boy a ring. Rog', I'll give him your digits.
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gypsum (calcium) prevents end rot which is the black spot on the end of a tomato. calcium can be washed out of your soil by excess rain or watering. i put gypsum and epsom salt in the hole and bury the plant up to its first set of leaves. This! I used to grow 1/2 to 5 acres of tomatoes for the melon stand and a couple of specialty grocery stores. REGULAR watering schedules are essential, and proper soil PH with adequate calcium stop blossom end rot problems. A common planting error is planting too shallow, also. When the sets get "leggy" (long stems), plant them deep until only leaves and a little stem show.
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gypsum (calcium) prevents end rot which is the black spot on the end of a tomato. calcium can be washed out of your soil by excess rain or watering. i put gypsum and epsom salt in the hole and bury the plant up to its first set of leaves. Crushed egg shells work for the calcium if you don't have the Epsom salts. Coffee grounds help too.
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I believe blossom end rot can also be caused by extreme moisture fluctuations. Don't let them get real dry or drown them.
I mulch the heck out of mine to help on that issue.
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Randy if you have powdered milk it will provide calcium as well I use Rolaids.
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dig hole. put fish in hole. put plant on top of fish. fill hole with dirt. 90 days later, eat heap big tomatoes.
oh, and don't take any blankets from white eyes. heap bad sickness Don't forget used coffee grinds around the base. The dark color warms the soil and the acidity of the grinds deters pests. Any fool can grow tomatoes. I prove it every year.
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Don't forget to pinch off the suckers. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.thefrontporchramblings.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tomato-sucker.jpg.492x0_q85_crop-smart.jpg)
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The question of bloom rot and tomato planting came up in the past.
IIRC, someone said they planted their tomatoes this way:
1. Dig 1' hole
2. Mix a handful of lime, handful of epsom salts, handful of fertilizer, and enough soil to fill hole half way
3. Plant tomato plant in soil in top half of hole.
Was this correct? No. Injun brave say number two wrong. Dead fish. Or at least mostly dead.
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dig hole. put fish in hole. put plant on top of fish. fill hole with dirt. 90 days later, eat heap big tomatoes.
oh, and don't take any blankets from white eyes. heap bad sickness Me should learn read, read thread. Beat me to it. Trade tobacco for you no come my teepee with tomahawk
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