stem end rot

littleminnie Breeder in Training bhut jolokia Posts: 179	stem end rot Oct 11, 2011 22:00:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by littleminnie on Oct 11, 2011 22:00:22 GMT -5 My season is about over but I have noticed lately a lot of the fruit struggling to ripen gets rotten at the stem. Now I have had a lot of CPBs and disease. I just wondered if anyone knows anything about stem end rot vs BER.
	Small market and CSA grower. Doing too much by myself! About 1/2 acre alone.

grunt Breeder in Training Posts: 160	stem end rot Oct 11, 2011 22:58:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grunt on Oct 11, 2011 22:58:53 GMT -5 If you have had a fair amount of rain, it could just be water pooling in the stem well causing the rot.
	Always pay it forward. grungysgarden.blogspot.com/ I am located about 10 miles. north of the Idaho panhandle and just below Kootenay Lake. The property lies in a small microclimate that gives me a zone 5/6 Canadian version or 6/7 US version. One acre of land at an elevation of 1770', just off the edge of a flood plain. Sandy loam soil, hot days and cool nights (55F).

paulf Tomato Gardener Posts: 70	stem end rot Oct 12, 2011 7:21:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by paulf on Oct 12, 2011 7:21:47 GMT -5 Late in the season, little bugs like that part of the tomato, especially if there is a pool of moisture sitting there softening things up.

littleminnie Breeder in Training bhut jolokia Posts: 179	stem end rot Oct 12, 2011 19:39:48 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by littleminnie on Oct 12, 2011 19:39:48 GMT -5 oh
	Small market and CSA grower. Doing too much by myself! About 1/2 acre alone.