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35 Comments
Ha! I guessed right!
im up to my eyeballs in tomatoes and i only planted four plants. no deficiencies here!
I have plenty of calcium in my soil. I do live in a very short season with cold nights. My calcium is tied up in rock and calcium struggles to make it to the blossoms because of inconsistent temps and water. I always have a small dime sized or smaller blossom end rot on some of the 1st tomatoes. I have to have them in the ground by the end of May if I'm going to get a harvest. PS soaking powdered eggshells in a water vinegar solution with grass clipping mulch that helps. The calcium is water soluble and green grass clippings warm the soil as it breaks down
There's an Apple Breeder with cool new varieties, he's known as SkillCult, he has some Red Fleshed varieties and lives out in the Northwest.
I'm up to my eyeballs in blossoms. Last year we had a killing frost in mid June. I need to restock my sauces. PS I have 100 plants but I need 50 lbs of tomatoes per batch
🙄 enough with the eggshells
Stay safe out in that heat man, I know it's been miserable in Michigan the last handful of days.
What are you planting there. It looks like a weed we have in South Africa called kakiebos.
All good stuff! One questions. Isn't PH a factor? If it's way off, can't you get nutrient lockout and then even with calcium inthe soil, and plenty of water the plant won't be able to get it?
What are the plans for the water in the back?. All I can envision is a koi pond😊
I had a feeling that you were going to say calcium. Most people who crush eggshells for their garden plants don't realize that the eggshells can take well over a year to break down. IF you do need calcium, you can break the calcium in your eggshells down to a liquid form that's readily available for your plants.
Your videos always help me improve my gardening! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this important info and comparing our center to a plant. As life. We have a main center just like trees and plants and animals. We are finally getting some gentle rain in Lake of the Ozarks. I am growing on the other aide of my house my cucumbeds and tomatoes with my dill. Growing purple beans. This year with where I put them, cucumbers are not drying up. Tomatoes are growing good. 1 luffa plant is soring and clinging on to cattle panel. Bed next to these are roses, lavender, peonies and wisteria. Wisteria is in planter.❤❤❤
Our bones are actually made up of around 90 different minerals. Calcium is only one of them, and definitely doesn't make up a majority. I add blended egg shells to the hole in each of my plant holes even though I'm sure there's probably enough already. Never hurts to add it. Love this video, Luke!
I am a fan of soil sample testing. Then you know what your growing soil is needing.
Dittoes on watering and blossom end rot in tomatoes, maybe zucchini, too. I'm 71, been growing tomatoes for a long time. San Marzano I have a tough time with because all it takes is warm weather plus several days of no rain (and no or insufficient supplemental watering) and boom, there it is blossom end rot. I have better luck if I am very careful to give the tomato the water it needs , especially as it is blooming.
Compost for the win 🥳
Thank you for the information! Also bold choice to wear a white shirt while gardening
Finally a video explaing this in detail instead of saying everyone else is wrong. Thx
I think I’m getting the hang of gardening with your videos, so much more than just a plant. Thanx for all you do for us ..” attempted gardeners “..🤣 cheers
I would've guessed Potash; it seems to be the one additive that disappears fastest from shelves every spring.
How can I be sure that "sludge" has not been added to bagged potting mix or bagged compost?
haha I knew it was calcium at the start! another great and educational video
thanks for being the best, and clearest gardening content creator on the internet
Someone is hanging out more on Reddit ;p I swear every other pepper and tomato post is somebody suggesting to add calcium 🙄
All great info for gardeners that are looking for answers. I never thought about compost having plenty of calcium but I guess it should be right. Although compost tends to turn acid during the decomposition of living things and that would take some calcium away with any leachate from excess water. It still should have plenty to spare.
BTW – Please consider getting your camera person an anti shake handheld camera mount. From 3:30 – 6:14 the video was difficult to watch because of the shaking and repositioning.
With all the rain went been getting is there anything we can do about our plants being "over watered"?
Click bait title. Watched 31 seconds because I'm not one of most. Never had a concern for Ca. Life goes on.
Great episode!
I really like using crab/lobster shell. It has a gradient of pieces so it's fast and slow acting. It has a good amount of calcium. I give some to every heavy feeder. Plus the benefit of crab/lobster shell containing chitin which helps prevent root knot nematodes and other chitin-based pests. I'm going to be experimenting with black lime which has other beneficial elements on top of being high in calcium.
The cell walls of plants are not made of calcium.
Great information. But while essential for cells, if a student answered calcium as an analogy for the bones on a test, they would likely get it wrong. Carbon is known as the structural "backbone" of a plant at least at the high school level.
sometimes blossom end rot can be due to lack of pollination
You mention compost a lot in your videos and I know the importance of compost. That said I have seen how much filler is used in most bagged compost. Do you have one you have come across that isn't a rip off. I unfortunately will need to rely on bagged compost for the foreseeable future until I can make my own.
I had a soil analysis from MSU. We have an EXCESS of calcium in our soil. My husband grew tomatoes before we got married and keeps saving eggshells for my tomatoes. I keep showing him the soil analysis and don’t use the eggshells. After 30 years this is the first time he stopped saving eggshells. We have a deficiency in potassium and have to add potash every year. That helps the tomatoes move the calcium into the plant. Hence-no blossom end rot. Finally he believes me.
Hi luke great video lots of important information My soil unfortunately is chalky lime i tend to grow in compost as mine is so hard.