The severe heat and lack of rain has had a distinctly "not good" impact on my garden. The radishes are small and extremely pungent, the lettuces wilt and bolt faster than I can get to them, and my first flush of roma tomatoes all succumbed to blossom end rot. I picked them all and tossed them to the animals - and there are a few new flowers now, just 3 days after.
Fyi, I always thought blossom end rot meant that the soil was calcium deficient - but it also appears with inconsistent watering...as too much water can wash away the calcium, and too little leads to dry soil in which the tomatoes cannot access the calcium. I had been watering in the mornings to help the roots get thru the hot days...but the ground was bone dry when I returned home most nights...so I must rethink the mulch it is obviously not holding in the moisture well enough. I am curious to learn which mulches people are using with tomatoes this year - and what success they may be having :)
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