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TomatoTim

Gone With The Win

As far as I know porkchop is in first 3.01 lb.

7/28/2020 2:54:32 AM

TomatoTim

Gone With The Win

only one I know of is porkchops. Mine got ate by worms and another one started. Marv did you take your bucket with you??

7/28/2020 3:04:16 AM

Zeke

Team Canuckle Heads

Got that one plus one for Hammers weighed May 14 /20
598 gms 1.318lbs.

7/28/2020 10:47:29 AM

Marv.

On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.

I have not gone yet but the only tomatoes I have grown so far in the bucket died from BER. I see lots of people putting sulfur on their BER but it doesn't look like it works. What is the standeard treatment for BER? I imagine more people besides me trying to grow in a bucket are getting hit by it.

7/28/2020 1:30:09 PM

treetop

Wv

mine didnt make it. very poor plant. too hot here. just a bad yr for me.

7/28/2020 3:54:14 PM

SaladDoug_UK

Norfolk, UK

I’ve some growing, but nothing flashing ready to harvest as yet.

7/28/2020 4:04:06 PM

wixom grower ( The Polish Hammer)

Wixom MI.

One theory on what causes BER is the plant going from wet to dry to quickly and of course growing in a 5 gallon bucket that will happen fast and often !!!

7/28/2020 4:55:34 PM

Little Ketchup

Grittyville, WA

I used some messed up genetics and I am at about 10 oz... only off by the unit of measurement. I wonder if anyone did a hydro plant.

7/28/2020 4:57:16 PM

Hayden R

Western Massachusetts

Even in 20 gal buckets ammended with calcium and no big surges of water ...(well, minus 1 actual drench) I had BER bigtime. Just so many factors. Try try again.

7/28/2020 5:50:38 PM

Greenbud

Coventry Rhode Island USA

I’m a expert Ber grower !

7/28/2020 6:21:11 PM

Garden Rebel (Team Rebel Rousers)

Lebanon, Oregon

I had a baseball sized one going in a bucket with holes drilled in it. Thought I’d get fancy and dunk it halfway up the bucket in water to soak it up. Sure enough, 12 hours later BER. I really let it dry out now and the BER is drying up and scabbing over. So I’m a believer that t too much water at once as a cause of BER.

7/28/2020 6:24:55 PM

Little Ketchup

Grittyville, WA

There must be a target % calcium in the water where BER would not occur. Probably the drier the soil, the higher the calcium has to be in the water?

7/28/2020 7:03:45 PM

Dutch Brad

Netherlands

Did anyone consider burying the bucket in the ground? This would help control heat, but also prevent the soil from drying out too quickly.

7/30/2020 2:59:02 AM

JohnnyB

Fullerton, California

I have one about 20" that will be ready in about a week.

7/30/2020 9:53:38 PM

BiddyGoat

I have a healthy one on a 5.3 McCoy. Changed to CalMag and azomite which seems to be good. Have been consistent with water. Adding Companion Biological Fungicide.

8/3/2020 2:36:11 PM

John Butler

Team Canuckle Heads

19" here and still green

8/3/2020 6:33:26 PM

BiddyGoat

Ber=1 Tums tablet crushed add to water and apply 1x per week.

8/3/2020 9:24:11 PM

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