why would the bottom of all my tomatoes are rotting while still on the plant and not even ripe?

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you have blossom end rot. Put 2TLBS of ebsom salts around the base of the plant and mulch with hardood mulch 20" x 2". Keep ground moist but not wet . Do not overwater but don"t let soil dry out.

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