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sorry for the off topic question..
Why do you need to "lime the soil" for tomato?? ;D
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Well, when you grow tomatos, depending on your soil, you might want to bring the PH up to the sweet spot for the plant you are planting.
Also, there is a condition that Tomato plants called "Blossom End Rot" where the bottoms of new tomato fruit are blackened, like it's rotting. The cause is that the plant is not getting enough calcium and so it's robbing the fruit from the tip of the fruit. It could be that there is not enough calcium in the soil, but more likely it's because the soil moisture fluctuates too much and the tomato plant is not properly absorbing calcium with its roots. In fact that's usually more the problem than lacking calcium in the soil, but I'm growing tomatos in containers so I thought the containers might be getting washed out. I think it's actually poor watering on my part (I use a drip system on a timer). Also it's too late to mix the lime into the soil, since the plants have grown into the pots. But I thought that maybe it might help. I'll do it next year anyway.
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