[Veto!]

Thanks, greeneyes. I don’t have a pressure cooker (can we say that here?) so have to forge ahead with pot I do have.

WE looked at the foliar spray last year, but decided it had too many chemicals. We’re attempting to grow organic. So your banana peel and egg shell solution will work wonderfully for us next year. Thanks.

Only the Purple Cherokee has calcium problems. Thought it would be easier to grow than the Black Krim I attempted last year, and which had bottom rot too. But purple tomatoes in general have been very difficult in pots for me. Oh dear, the ones I like best. More eggshells for those, apparently.

[Nepeta]

Only the Purple Cherokee has calcium problems.

Easy to fix! Place a calcium citrate tablet (I use the pills I take) in the ground near the plant so that as it dissolves, calcium will make its way down to the roots. Some people use Tums for the same purpose.

[greeneyes]

Blood meal for nitrogen, and bone meal for phosphorus if your compost/soil isn’t sufficient for those IIRC.