How to Save Tomatoes from Blossom End Rot: Summer Residents Reveal Secrets

Blossom end rot is one of the most dangerous types of diseases that tomatoes are susceptible to.

If there are signs of disease, you can even lose the entire harvest.

However, it is possible to protect yourself from the disease, says Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert of the online publication BelNovosti, agronomist and landscape designer.

How to cope with the disease?

Calcium nitrate

First of all, it is important to remember about effective preventive measures. Seven days before transplanting seedlings, it is necessary to feed the plants in a special way.

We are talking about calcium nitrate. The dosage of the product is small: take half a large spoon per bucket of water.

Ash

Not everyone knows that enriching the hole with ash helps protect tomatoes from a dangerous disease. It is customary to take half a glass of the product per plant.

Nitrogen fertilizers

They are an effective remedy, but it is important to know when to stop. Too much of this type of fertilizer can cause blossom-end rot.

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• 9 December 2023

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