Countless gardeners know the joy of watching well-tended tomatoes evolve on the vine -- and the horror of discovering a brown, leathery spot on the bottom of those precious beefsteak, roma, or ...

One minute you're growing your own tomatoes from store-bought plants, and the next you're flipping them over to find they've been ruined by bottom rot. Also known as "blossom end rot," this issue ...

The culprit of blossom end rot in tomatoes is not a bug or a disease. This tomato problem, also known as bottom rot, is caused by a lack of calcium brought on by dry conditions. Tomato plants need ...

My tomato blossom-end rot is worse than past years. My theory is we had a lot of rain early, followed by a dry spell in mid-July, followed by a lot more rain. Some internet blogs suggest adding ...

Paula asks: I just picked my first tomato this year and was really disappointed to see that it had a hard dark brown area on the bottom and the tomato was soft and mushy. What’s going on? ADVERTISING ...

MILWAUKEE -- When tomatoes have black leathery areas on the bottom it's called blossom end rot. It's not due to an insect or disease and will usually only occur on the first couple of tomatoes of the ...

A. Blossom-end rot usually corrects itself as the season progresses, as you ve discovered. There are as many reasons for it as there are people with ideas, but here is what is generally accepted. It ...

Q. I have not been able to grow tomatoes or squash for the last two or three years with any success. The blooms are prolific, but the fruit seldom sets. I researched the causes of blossom end rot, and ...