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edweather · July 28, 2018

The best explanation of BER that seems correct to me, is that it's not due to lack of available calcium. It's due to the inability of the plant to distribute the calcium all the way to the end of the fruit. Not exactly sure what stressors contribute to this, but it seems that when the plant is pushing maximum growth in the early season, and forming fruits at the same time, it makes sense that there might be a short fall in the calcium distribution. That makes sense to me in my experience since BER usually occurs early, and then corrects itself, as the plant's growth rate stabilizes. There are a couple of articles explaining this, just can't put my hands on one at the moment. There could be other stressors as well, and every plant doesn't get BER, but I like the explanation.

This article is a bit above my pay grade, but I think it says something like I was trying to say :-)

http://ucanr.edu/sites/placernevadas...iles/86509.pdf

July 28, 2018	#16
edweather Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Southeast GA, USDA 9a, HZ9, Sunset Z28 Posts: 392	The best explanation of BER that seems correct to me, is that it's not due to lack of available calcium. It's due to the inability of the plant to distribute the calcium all the way to the end of the fruit. Not exactly sure what stressors contribute to this, but it seems that when the plant is pushing maximum growth in the early season, and forming fruits at the same time, it makes sense that there might be a short fall in the calcium distribution. That makes sense to me in my experience since BER usually occurs early, and then corrects itself, as the plant's growth rate stabilizes. There are a couple of articles explaining this, just can't put my hands on one at the moment. There could be other stressors as well, and every plant doesn't get BER, but I like the explanation. This article is a bit above my pay grade, but I think it says something like I was trying to say :-) http://ucanr.edu/sites/placernevadas...iles/86509.pdf __________________ You'll be surprised what you'll never have to do, if you put it off long enough. Last edited by edweather; July 28, 2018 at 08:47 AM.