RE: [CH] Roma tomato rot question

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> If it were MY garden, yes, I would add lime.  But I am very
> hesitant to tell

And the BER would most likely go away.  As it would if you didn't add lime.
It's not a calcium deficiency per se, but a physiological problem--Ca++ is
displaced from the fruit to the stem.

Dr. Carolyn Male, author of 100 Heirloom Tomatoes (good book, recommend it)
discusses it here:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/heirloom/msg0614362111665.html

Carolyn's a great resource.

hth,

Riley

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