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Aeration practices and blossom end rot tips from Elmer Kaskiw
Elmer Kaskiw, a farm production advisor with Manitoba Agriculture in Shoal Lake, discusses whether to keep aeration fans running during wet weather and explains blossom end rot in tomatoes. He links irregular moisture, calcium deficiency, and high nitrogen to fruit rot, and offers remedies including proper watering, mulching, low nitrogen fertilizer, pruning, and calcium inputs such as eggshells and bone meal.
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Elmer Kaskiw
Manitoba Agriculture, Food ,and Rural Initiatives
Shoal Lake