… obviously BER on my Early Girl here… but why is only one tomato affected? There are a dozen tomatoes on this plant and this is the only one affected. What do I do? I thought if it was an issue it would affect all the fruit? Is it too late/whT can I do to correct this?
by savvylr
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Sometimes the first few tomatoes just go like this, not sure why. Probably don’t have to do anything unless it happens to other tomatoes, and then you will want to add some calcium and a little magnesium to the soil.
Most importantly is regular watering. Adding calcium will not fix the problem on its own. Avoid dry/wet/dry cycles and be consistent.
That’s probably the first tomato (oldest) .mostly caused by inconsistent watering, early flowering, or lack of calcium . When I plant I put espoma organic starter fertilizer, garden gypsum, and rock phosphate in the hole at the roots and trim all buds off .also trim all branches about one foot up the plant so the plant can focus on rooting and prevent soil from splashing up and causing other issues.look into ollas.they will self water the plants so there is no dry spell. You will only need to fill the olla every week or so once they are established.you can also use Epsom salt for the calcium. I used to always use Epsom salt. But since I found espoma fertilizes, I haven’t needed too !