Tomatoes are a favorite summer crop and enjoyed fresh in salads or cooked into tasty dishes. Whether you buy your bounty from your local farmers market or grocery store, there’s nothing that comes ...

What causes blossom end rot? The culprit of blossom end rot in tomatoes is not a bug or a disease. This tomato problem, also known as bottom rot, is caused by a lack of calcium brought on by dry ...

My tomato plants have produced dozens of flowers, but very few fruits have set. I have even shaken the flowers to make sure they were pollinated. Can you tell me what is wrong? Your shaking of the ...

Your tomatoes are coming along beautifully — good-sized plants, nice foliage, blossoms and burgeoning fruit. Then, you see something disturbing. The developing fruit is showing brown spots on the ...

One of the current issues plaguing the home gardener right now is blossom-end rot on tomatoes. Often mistaken for a disease, it is primarily a physiological problem. No bacteria or pest causes blossom ...

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 ...

Blossom‐end rot (BER) is a physiological disorder that compromises tomato production worldwide. It manifests as necrotic lesions at the fruit’s distal end, a symptom traditionally attributed to ...

Tomatoes are kind of the prima donnas of the garden. Unless everything is just right, they won’t produce fruit. For better or worse, we had a cooler spring, then rain for a couple of weeks, and then ...

Q: A modest-sized tree has burst into bloom this past week. Every year it has the same splendor. What is this tree with rich green leaves and overflowing with white blossoms? — Sam B. It’s Japanese ...

For the past several gardening seasons, I have had an unusually high incidence of blossom end rot on my tomato vines. I realize this is a physiological problem, but are there certain tomato hybrids ...

My tomato blossom-end rot is worse than past years. My theory is we had a lot of rain early, followed by a dry spell in mid-July, followed by a lot more rain. Some internet blogs suggest adding ...