PIERRE — Gardeners across central South Dakota are dealing with a common issue for central South Dakota in tomato plants, blossom end rot. Art Smith with East Pierre Landscape and Garden Center says new tomatoes could experience the rotting….
Soil moisture can also be related to a cause for blossom end rot…
For a short term solution, products are available to boost calcium intake to infected tomatoes. Smith says a longer term solution is available in your kitchen…
Smith says the good news is that infected tomatoes are still safe to eat by cutting away the infected part of the tomato.
