[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Dick Gross]

Suzanne, see this web site for an explanation of the phemonon far better than I could script it.
 http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-28-d.html 

This is a common phenomen evidenced by the following; type Blossom-end Rot in any search engine and get over 30,000 responses. A fruit with it is lost but the portion not affected is edible if the spot sliced off. There are, however, steps that will fairly effectively prevent the problem in later set. If you see the Rot developing on a green tomato, pick it immediately and let it ripen on a window sill to see if the spot increases in size off the vine. I don't think it will but tell me if I am wrong. If you are picky about eating only vine-ripened---well?

Dick Gross, Master Gardener Volunteer
U OF A MCCE

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> Suzanne Douglass
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> Why do my tomatoes have a large brown spot on the bottom of the fruit?
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