I've been crunching up egg shells all winter in anticipation of tomatoe growing season. My romas, in particular, had flattened off brown bottoms. So diod the capsicums. Hopefully the eggshell will stop it this year. My grubs prefer their tomotoes with round bottoms

Pimpy-great growing brussel sprouts and broccoli-

but then the hard part is getting someone to eat them.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Richo.

Pimpy this is usually caused by blossom end rot rather than by "bugs"

Oh and get a worm farm

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@bushies.girl wrote:

Pimpy this is usually caused by blossom end rot rather than by "bugs"

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it can be a symptom of a calcium or lime deficiency apparently, hence the eggshells 🙂

The farmers around here add lime to their paddocks so it seems plausible.

Can also be caused by uneven watering, over fertilisation and too high soil ph, hence the use of lime ...... I find not watering from above can help as well

I'm fairly careful not to water from above. Last year I had trouble with them splitting from uneven watering, but the fruit bottoms weren't so bad. I have given up growing Romas, they seemed to be the most susceptible.

I think the soil is pretty good. My BILwas most impressed with how well the weeds flourished in my vegie patch

oh, I tell you what I do have problems with, white ants and witchety type grubs eating my root vegetables!

I think I need chooks.