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Message: [QUOTE="Purrfluff, post: 136761, member: 5442"] This is an interesting discussion because my parents and I ran into blossom end rot last year with our san marzano tomatoes. They were the only variety that got blossom end rot. We had put bone meal and lime into the soil before planting and the plants got watered every day. Yet it still happened. I did some reading yesterday that said it takes about a year to lime added to the soil and actually be absorbed into the soil. And that most of the liming should happen in the fall. Well, I didn't know that and didn't really apply much lime last fall. I've started putting in lime now but I suspect it will be too late. What this means is that my soil is probably calcium deficient. I haven't had a soil test done but I have read that soils in my area are typically acidic because the heavy rains nine months of the year leach out the calcium. The epsom salts idea is interesting. I'll have to look into it further. [/QUOTE]