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Old September 7, 2017   #10
pjhootch
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Originally Posted by SueCT View Post
KB is a giant plant and would be difficult to grow in a container. They tend to dry out, get watered well, dry out again, etc. That could be the reason for the BER. When I grow/grew in containers, I had more BER in the largest plants with the largest tomatoes, something I almost never have a problem with in my garden, which has a lot of compost and retains a lot of moisture, so rarely gets dry enough to require watering.
I suspect you are right about the watering problem. My containers are pretty big home made planters, probably 20-25 gallons. But the one that struggled with BER for a month did wind up with a renegade hot pepper in the pot. I let it go- and i should have pulled it out.

Things have evening out right now and a handful of nice looking fruit is trickling in.
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