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Originally Posted by Nematode
There is no pathogen involved in BER it is a cultural disorder.
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If someone said that I must have missed it since pathogens have nothing to do with BER.
Above I linked to an article about external and internal BER but there are many other variables that can induce BER as well,such as too hot,too windy,too dry, too wet and on and on.
So now I'm going to link to an article that Mike Dunton at Victory seeds asked me to write a few years back,which discusses those variables and much more as well.
http://www.webgrower.com/information/carolyn_ber.html
I didn't speak to those growing tomatoes in containers, which is different from growing inground.
If the mix in containers is mostly artificial then one has to be sure the pH is Ok for Ca++ uptake,which will be added and can do that right after seedlings are set out, then water in well so that the Ca++ gets to the roots.
Sadly, not much progress has been made on preventing BER, not just for home growers but also for large scale tomato growers where it's still a multi million dollar loss each year..
Hope the above helps,
Carolyn