Blossom end rot

by Grandma_Mimi

19 Comments

  1. Lori-too

    Too bad – they are Beautiful!

    BUT it is ok to cut the bottom, yukky parts off, and eat the rest – I do it all the time! I just cut “generously” around any rotten parts – the rest is fine.

  2. beatniknomad

    My first time gardening and have had a few of these. Ugh – they are like boils on a fucking ass.

  3. carboncopy95437

    Keep top half and toss into your next sauce.

  4. dryheat122

    Cut off the rot portion and eat what’s left. They’re not really “rotten”.

  5. mismocanibalismo

    I find that BER is much more destructive than it looks from the outside. I’ve tried to ripen fruit with BER and they’re usually rotten to the core, literally. Best to just pick them when you notice the problem.

  6. GravityBright

    ~~Fallen angels~~

    Bearers of next year’s seed

  7. vitamin_r

    Cut into it and look for the diseased part and remove as many have suggested.

    I actually think cutting into them is important even if its not your endgame as I’ve found black spots in San marzanos that visually looked great otherwise.

  8. JellyAny818

    What’s crazy is all my Blossom end rot started early in the season and I left them on the plant. 90% healed up and scabbed over. Most were completely edible other than the scabbed part

  9. maddhatter783

    Do you have soaker hoses set up on a timer

  10. turtle2turtle3turtle

    I use calcium spray maybe twice a month and almost never get blossom end rot. Worth a try.

  11. Lollygetchaadverbs

    😭 this post is so so funny and cute! Im sorry for your loss, forever calling my fruits that don’t work out “fallen angels” from now on 🥲

  12. momjeansMUA

    It happens to the best of us. You did right by them by this tribute.

  13. markbroncco

    Last summer, I lost my first big batch to blossom end rot and it was heartbreaking. I started adding crushed eggshells for calcium and made sure not to let the soil dry out between waterings, huge difference this year. Hope it works for you!

  14. Disastrous-Pound3713

    I planted an Olla next to each of my tomato plants, and reduced my BR loss by 95%:)

  15. AuroraBMine

    It’s true, they’re beautiful. I’d be cutting off the bad parts and slathering them in mayonnaise and pepper, yummy!