Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image credits: Unsplash Growing tomatoes for the first time carries a particular kind of anticipation. You water, you wait, you ...

Blossom-end rot occurs when a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plant cannot deliver enough calcium to the fruit. It shows up on the end of the tomato opposite the stem, where the blossom was, in the form ...

Blossom end rot, AKA bottom rot, causes brown, sunken spots to appear on your tomatoes, due to a lack of calcium. Though it looks bad, it's an easy fix.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tomatoes with blossom end rot - Dan Gabriel Atanasie/Shutterstock Countless gardeners know the joy of watching well-tended ...

You waited all year for summer to come so you could plant tomatoes. Then, you waited all summer for your tomatoes to start coming in. And now that they finally have, something’s wrong: There are yucky ...

Blossom end rot is a calcium problem inside the fruit, not usually a calcium problem in your soil, and fixing your watering routine instead of dumping in eggshells is what actually clears it up within ...

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 ...

With the lazy, hazy days of summer in full swing, your vegetable garden is likely in full production mode. Tomatoes should be producing lots of blossoms by now with the earlier varieties offering ...

With warm-season vegetables in peak production this time of year, inquiries about blossom end rot have been abundant. Prevalent in tomatoes but also found in peppers, squash, cucumber, eggplant and ...

On Sept. 24, Yakima Master Gardeners will be celebrating the tomato harvest at our annual Tomato Fest luncheon. Potluck style, we all bring a favorite tomato dish to share. The day begins with tomato ...