▲ 80 ▼ Why are the bottoms of my tomatoes rotting? (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by kinther@lemmy.world to c/gardening@lemmy.world 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] DerGuteAlteHerrSchwarz@freiburg.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kinther@lemmy.world [S] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) They are watered once a day and the soil dries out in between. Im thinking calcium permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Once a day watering might actually be part of the problem - tomatoes absorb calcium better with consistent moisture, so try watering deeply every other day instead of daily shallow watering and check out gearscouts.com/power-stations for a timer setup if you need to automate ur watering schedule. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kinther@lemmy.world [S] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) They are watered once a day and the soil dries out in between. Im thinking calcium permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Once a day watering might actually be part of the problem - tomatoes absorb calcium better with consistent moisture, so try watering deeply every other day instead of daily shallow watering and check out gearscouts.com/power-stations for a timer setup if you need to automate ur watering schedule. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Once a day watering might actually be part of the problem - tomatoes absorb calcium better with consistent moisture, so try watering deeply every other day instead of daily shallow watering and check out gearscouts.com/power-stations for a timer setup if you need to automate ur watering schedule. permalink fedilink source parent