blossom-end rot
[ blos-uhm end ]
nounPlant Pathology.
a disease of tomato and pepper caused by a deficiency of calcium, characterized by decay at the blossom end of the fruit.
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Tomatoes on drouthy soils are likely to suffer from blossom end rot as well as from poor growth.
The Tomato | Paul WorkExperiments have shown pretty clearly that sunscald, blossom-end rot and cracking are worse on trained plants.
The Tomato | Paul Work
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