Tomato Growing Forum
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Subject: bucket challenge update.. ZEKE!!
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TomatoTim |
Gone With The Win
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As far as I know porkchop is in first 3.01 lb.
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7/28/2020 2:54:32 AM
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TomatoTim |
Gone With The Win
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only one I know of is porkchops. Mine got ate by worms and another one started. Marv did you take your bucket with you??
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7/28/2020 3:04:16 AM
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Zeke |
Team Canuckle Heads
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Got that one plus one for Hammers weighed May 14 /20 598 gms 1.318lbs.
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7/28/2020 10:47:29 AM
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Marv. |
On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.
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I have not gone yet but the only tomatoes I have grown so far in the bucket died from BER. I see lots of people putting sulfur on their BER but it doesn't look like it works. What is the standeard treatment for BER? I imagine more people besides me trying to grow in a bucket are getting hit by it.
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7/28/2020 1:30:09 PM
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treetop |
Wv
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mine didnt make it. very poor plant. too hot here. just a bad yr for me.
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7/28/2020 3:54:14 PM
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SaladDoug_UK |
Norfolk, UK
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I’ve some growing, but nothing flashing ready to harvest as yet.
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7/28/2020 4:04:06 PM
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wixom grower ( The Polish Hammer) |
Wixom MI.
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One theory on what causes BER is the plant going from wet to dry to quickly and of course growing in a 5 gallon bucket that will happen fast and often !!!
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7/28/2020 4:55:34 PM
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Little Ketchup |
Grittyville, WA
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I used some messed up genetics and I am at about 10 oz... only off by the unit of measurement. I wonder if anyone did a hydro plant.
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7/28/2020 4:57:16 PM
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Hayden R |
Western Massachusetts
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Even in 20 gal buckets ammended with calcium and no big surges of water ...(well, minus 1 actual drench) I had BER bigtime. Just so many factors. Try try again.
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7/28/2020 5:50:38 PM
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Greenbud |
Coventry Rhode Island USA
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I’m a expert Ber grower !
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7/28/2020 6:21:11 PM
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Garden Rebel (Team Rebel Rousers) |
Lebanon, Oregon
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I had a baseball sized one going in a bucket with holes drilled in it. Thought I’d get fancy and dunk it halfway up the bucket in water to soak it up. Sure enough, 12 hours later BER. I really let it dry out now and the BER is drying up and scabbing over. So I’m a believer that t too much water at once as a cause of BER.
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7/28/2020 6:24:55 PM
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Little Ketchup |
Grittyville, WA
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There must be a target % calcium in the water where BER would not occur. Probably the drier the soil, the higher the calcium has to be in the water?
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7/28/2020 7:03:45 PM
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Dutch Brad |
Netherlands
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Did anyone consider burying the bucket in the ground? This would help control heat, but also prevent the soil from drying out too quickly.
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7/30/2020 2:59:02 AM
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JohnnyB |
Fullerton, California
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I have one about 20" that will be ready in about a week.
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7/30/2020 9:53:38 PM
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BiddyGoat |
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I have a healthy one on a 5.3 McCoy. Changed to CalMag and azomite which seems to be good. Have been consistent with water. Adding Companion Biological Fungicide.
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8/3/2020 2:36:11 PM
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John Butler |
Team Canuckle Heads
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19" here and still green
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8/3/2020 6:33:26 PM
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BiddyGoat |
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Ber=1 Tums tablet crushed add to water and apply 1x per week.
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8/3/2020 9:24:11 PM
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