| I am in contact with Vern at least once a month, | | | | weather can affect our crops and in turn theprice |
| not for materialsbut to find out what is happening | | | | of produce that we put each day on our table. |
| in the marsh and how this can berelated to hort | | | | I mentioned that I needed calcium nitrate. Calcium |
| matters here in the Orillia area. Vern gets | | | | is the mostessential element required by |
| inputfrom all around the southern part of the | | | | tomatoes to prevent blossom-end rot.On a |
| province and the scary bitthat I heard yesterday | | | | tomato, the blossom-end rot is opposite to the |
| was the weather damage to both the peachcrop | | | | end that isattached to the stem. If there is a |
| and to the grapes in the vineyard. I bet that the | | | | calcium deficiency, the endturns black and appears |
| latter willhave a major effect on Ontario wines | | | | rotten but this is not a bacterial rot buta |
| for next year. People neverrealize just how the | | | | deficiency condition. |