Blossom end rot is a destructive disease affecting mainly tomatoes and peppers, but can damage other fruiting crops such as eggplant, watermelon and summer squash. It is a perennial problem, meaning ...

Do you have tomatoes with a sunken, brown leathery patch on the bottom of the fruit? If so, then you probably have blossom end rot. Blossom end rot is not a disease; it is a condition that is caused ...

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 ...

There you are, enjoying a lovely stroll through your vegetable garden when something out of the ordinary catches your eye. You head over to the tomato plants that you’ve been anxiously waiting to ...

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 ...

My tomatoes are getting a large dark spot on the bottom as they ripen. What causes this, and what can I do? It makes them worthless. Your tomatoes are suffering from blossom end rot, a metabolic ...

The brown tissue that signals blossom end rot in tomatoes is a major problem for large producers and home gardeners, but a Purdue University researcher has unknowingly had the answer to significantly ...

URBANA — Blossom end rot is the scourge for any tomato grower. What starts as a light tan spot at the end of the fruit where the blossom was, will expand and eventually turn black and leathery. “When ...

Found this big boy in the lawn, already dead. Don’t know what to make of him. He’s so big, but does that equate to bad? Hercules beetles are the largest insects on the East Coast and, like their ...

Blossom-end rot is an environmental disease that affects tomatoes, peppers, squash and watermelon. It is caused by lack of calcium in the fruit because the roots of the plant are having problems ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The brown tissue that signals blossom end rot in tomatoes is a major problem for large producers and home gardeners, but a Purdue University researcher has unknowingly had the ...