Hit 50 subscribers on my tiny gardening channel after a year of crickets

I started filming videos in my Portland backyard last spring, but my first ten videos got maybe two views each. I was using my phone and the audio was full of wind noise. I almost quit in October. Then I made a video about fixing my sad tomato plants, and it slowly got shared in a local group. That one video got me to 50 people. It's not much, but it showed me that one real problem fixed is better than ten perfect videos no one needs. Has anyone else had a single piece of content finally connect after a long dry spell?

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the_dylan28d ago

What was the actual fix that saved your tomato plants?

the_nathan28d ago

So you're asking about tomato fixes, @the_dylan? I read this article about blossom end rot. Turns out it's not a disease, it's a calcium thing. The soil can have calcium but the plant can't take it up if watering is all over the place. The fix was super consistent deep watering, like on a strict schedule. Mulching like crazy to keep the soil moisture even. That stopped the black spots on the bottoms for good.