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 conditions. Tomato plants need ...

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 ...

Home vegetable growers sometimes have problems with fungal disease on their tomatoes. It is important to identify what type of rot is affecting your tomatoes. If the rot appears at the blossom end of ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...

Extreme heat, drought, torrential rains, and hungry critters may be wreaking havoc on your garden. After weeding, watering, and waiting you may be finding less, diseased, or misshapen tomatoes. Don’t ...

Blossom-end rot is a common garden problem caused by a lack of calcium and/or uneven watering. Farmers always get concerned when they notice a dry, sunken decay on the blossom end of their tomato crop ...

Avoid these pitfalls for harvestable fruits. For vegetable gardeners, few things compare to biting into the first tomato of summer. But sometimes these fruits, which can be finicky to grow, rot before ...

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 ...

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 ...