The years I added both lime and ashes I got a lot of white flesh in the tomatoes. The very hot weather must also have played a part in this. Now, I add no ash and no lime. I find that I still need to use water that has been acidified. Tap water is approximately ph7. I use promix with michorryzea and mushroom manure.
Plants did skirt the outer edge of blossom end rot if watering was the slightest bit uneven. To help with that I used some calcium nitrate.
I haven't done my totals yet for this cooler summer but the tomatoes did much better with plants looking good until the end and no pm issues until the very end of the season after I let Esterina dry out a couple of times.
So, no ashes for me.
