re: 2019 Garden Thread

I had blossom end rot in my 12" bush type tomato pots. Now I use 18" pots and 2 times add bone meal and once add super phosphate as well as crushed egg shells. No more rot. The bigger pots hold more water and the bone meal/phosphate/egg shells cure the rest.

I grow slicing tomatoes in my small garden for myself but my wife loves the smaller, less juicy bush types. She eats about 6-7 a day during season. Believe it or not she loves Patio types. So I pot about 20 Patio's and they grow 2 ft or so and produce like mad. 30-50 per plant. But the pots need more maint like water and organic nutrients added. Keeping them watered washes out nutrients so you've gotta hit them with low nitrogen, high Potassium and potash + Cal about 3 times in a modest fashion.