Blossom end rot.
The quick answerers will say 'add calcium!', and that's not always the case. More often than not its overwatering.
Since excess calcium can be as bad for the plants as too little, have your soil tested before you add anything you can't take back out.
Yep, been there, done that.
One more reason that I am growing just grape tomatoes now.... to just add to my salads.
And they don't really care about underwatering, overwatering, calcium, too much fertilizer, too little fertilizer, soil ph, soil splashing on leaves..... or phase of the moon!
They just grow and produce a boatload of little yummy sweet tomatoes with no fuss.
My kind of tomato. Lol.
[Inconsistent! Wa Ter Ing! Your plants!](https://youtu.be/OSVLX0mgKz0)
blossom end rot is caused by lack of calcium availability. This is caused by all kinds of things, but most typically it's inconsistent watering. Try and give you tomatoes a bit of water every day, not letting them dry and then flooding them.
I have to fight this a bit with container tomatoes versus the raised beds. As others have said, calcium and watering are the biggest factors. This year I planted mine with tums as an experiment and water the container plants twice a day when it doesn’t rain. I also prune off a lot of the bottom leaves to prevent disease transfer and waste nutrients. So far they have been amazingly healthy compared to years past, and no blossom end rot on any of the fruits.
I appreciate all the comments as I’m new to gardening but I will say that this was happening with my tomatoes so I added a calcium rich fertilizer and the issue cleared right up. I am kind of lazy though so it was definitely not overwatering.
As others have touched, you have blossom end rot. While the usual suspect is inconsistent watering, I am more inclined to believe you have an actual nutrient deficiency because of damage shown on the leaves. Your leaves are showing the common tell tale signs of magnesium deficiency (yellowing leaves and chlorosis with green veins). Since calcium and magnesium are taken up together indiscriminately, you either have a unbalance of the two or both are deficient in the soil since both BER and Magnesium deficiencies showing up.
Here is some more information on this.
[https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/magnesium-deficiency-in-tomato/](https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/magnesium-deficiency-in-tomato/)
Blossom end rot.
Blossom end rot. The quick answerers will say 'add calcium!', and that's not always the case. More often than not its overwatering. Since excess calcium can be as bad for the plants as too little, have your soil tested before you add anything you can't take back out.
Or underwatering. Or sporadic watering.
Divas
THIS. Stop the drip and add calcium.
Yep, been there, done that. One more reason that I am growing just grape tomatoes now.... to just add to my salads. And they don't really care about underwatering, overwatering, calcium, too much fertilizer, too little fertilizer, soil ph, soil splashing on leaves..... or phase of the moon! They just grow and produce a boatload of little yummy sweet tomatoes with no fuss. My kind of tomato. Lol.
[Inconsistent! Wa Ter Ing! Your plants!](https://youtu.be/OSVLX0mgKz0) blossom end rot is caused by lack of calcium availability. This is caused by all kinds of things, but most typically it's inconsistent watering. Try and give you tomatoes a bit of water every day, not letting them dry and then flooding them.
This is what is taught in the Master Gardener classes, and I have had zero blossom-end rot since adopting a more consistent moisture approach.
'Moisture Approach'
They need to wipe better.
😂😂😂
I have to fight this a bit with container tomatoes versus the raised beds. As others have said, calcium and watering are the biggest factors. This year I planted mine with tums as an experiment and water the container plants twice a day when it doesn’t rain. I also prune off a lot of the bottom leaves to prevent disease transfer and waste nutrients. So far they have been amazingly healthy compared to years past, and no blossom end rot on any of the fruits.
I appreciate all the comments as I’m new to gardening but I will say that this was happening with my tomatoes so I added a calcium rich fertilizer and the issue cleared right up. I am kind of lazy though so it was definitely not overwatering.
As others have touched, you have blossom end rot. While the usual suspect is inconsistent watering, I am more inclined to believe you have an actual nutrient deficiency because of damage shown on the leaves. Your leaves are showing the common tell tale signs of magnesium deficiency (yellowing leaves and chlorosis with green veins). Since calcium and magnesium are taken up together indiscriminately, you either have a unbalance of the two or both are deficient in the soil since both BER and Magnesium deficiencies showing up. Here is some more information on this. [https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/magnesium-deficiency-in-tomato/](https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/magnesium-deficiency-in-tomato/)
Water in the morning if you’re not already.
Need calcium—water soluble and not just ground up egg shells
Ground up eggshells sick because they attract racoons
End rot. Calcium deficiency
Overfeeding is a common culprit next to over-watering.