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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
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fairly new gardener
hi everyone! i have had a vegetable garden for 4 years now and have not been very successful. i had a few questions. my tomato plants are big and beautiful. they have some tomatos on them but when they get a little bigger they start turning black on the bottoms. someone told me this was a rotting diesease. has anyone else had this problem and if so can you do anything for it? also my squash plants are huge and have lots of blooms. i have about 10 plants and so far it has only produced 2 squash. why is it not producing with all those blooms? is this some kind of defiency? thanks for listening!! hope everyone has a wonderful day!
Re: fairly new gardener
Your tomatoes probably have blossom end rot. Irregular watering and lack of available calcium are the culprits. I plant my tomatotes with epsom salts and egg shells to help make sure they get enough minerals. Regular watering is also important as the temperature rises. Sorry I haven't had the same problem you are having with squash. The master gardener extension through the state university system has been a great resource.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3117.html
For the squash you might try hand pollinating your squash blossoms by hand- http://www.ehow.com/how_4468625_hand-pollinate-squash.html.
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