Hopefully this does not look familiar. However, if it does I'm sure your bummed out! Well I know all about this nuisance and still I ignored the necessary preventative measures. This is called Blossom End Rot. It is a disorder common to tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and some melons. It is simply a symptom of a calcium deficiency in the fruit. This disorder is usually most severe following extremes in soil moisture (either too wet or too dry). The excessive rains and low night temperatures this summer have made it prevalent.Prevention of this should be done yearly. Applying lime 3 months prior to planting is the easiest and most effective prevention. But if you are like me, prevention was forgotten and now I need immediate action. That is simply done by calcium sprays. Strange's carries a Ready to Use Yield Booster that is quick to act. It will not recover the already damaged fruit (you should pick it off and compost it) but it will make the newly developing fruits clean. Sprays should be made in the early morning hours or the evening. Applications need to be made every 7-10 days for 3 or 4 applications.
Anyone who has other methods... please share!
Fellow procrastinator,
Sunnie
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