Help Identifying please

mysidx · June 10, 2012

I first noticed this on my Amazon Chocolate, which are the first two pictures. I then went around and could find the same thing on several plants. The Amazon plant looks a little droopy, but I think it is the three days of flooding that is causing it. I also was wondering what causes the fruit to look like the picture. These are all mature plants with ripening fruit on them, so what should I do to remedy? (or can I?)

Thanks

mysidx · June 10, 2012

Sorry, I now see that it is early blight, but does that also explain the way the fruits look in the picture? I thought the fruits would get dark and sunk in .

rsg2001 · June 15, 2012

Rob, #5 looks like Early Blight and is different from the other pictures (1, 2, 4). Not sure about what those solid brown spots are on the leaves and the stems. The tomatoes with the scarring on them I do not believe are diseased.

brengolio · June 15, 2012

wow........... I've seen anything like that affecting the tomatoes itself........ I wonder if all the rain that we have been having is what put all the cracks on your tomatoes?
I bet B54red has seen this.......... seems like he's had dang near everthing

RayR · June 15, 2012

That is an interesting cracking pattern on the fruit but it has no direct relation to the Early Blight. You're probably on the right track brengolio, a lot of moisture in the green fruit for an extended period of time and even wild swings in temperature can cause cracking on some varieties.

June 10, 2012	#2
mysidx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Baton Rouge,Louisiana Zone 8b Posts: 340	Sorry, I now see that it is early blight, but does that also explain the way the fruits look in the picture? I thought the fruits would get dark and sunk in . __________________ Rob

June 15, 2012	#3
rsg2001 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Zone 6 Posts: 479	Rob, #5 looks like Early Blight and is different from the other pictures (1, 2, 4). Not sure about what those solid brown spots are on the leaves and the stems. The tomatoes with the scarring on them I do not believe are diseased.

June 15, 2012	#4
brengolio Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: prairieville la Posts: 132	wow........... I've seen anything like that affecting the tomatoes itself........ I wonder if all the rain that we have been having is what put all the cracks on your tomatoes? I bet B54red has seen this.......... seems like he's had dang near everthing

June 15, 2012	#5
RayR Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cheektowaga, NY Posts: 2,468	That is an interesting cracking pattern on the fruit but it has no direct relation to the Early Blight. You're probably on the right track brengolio, a lot of moisture in the green fruit for an extended period of time and even wild swings in temperature can cause cracking on some varieties.