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Message: [QUOTE="Chuck, post: 212175, member: 944"] BER is in most all cases, NOT a calcium deficiency. It is due to a plants inability to uptake the calcium that is already there. This inability to uptake is caused by a soil imbalance of calcium and magnesium. Where I live in Texas BER is a MAJOR problem. I cannot grow any tomatoes except cherry varieties without losing all of them to BER. But there is a simple solution. Just add Epsom Salts (Magnesium Sulfate) to the soil at planting and a couple of times during the growing season. In my soil, which is alkaline it is a 100% cure. It also works the same in the acid soils of East Texas. [/QUOTE]