is this BER? (pic)

[Stepheninky]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

I'd call it an aborted fruit for one reason or another.

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And I should have clarified that.

Aborted fruit on squash can be due to two reasons, first, incomplete pollination and second , not really aborted but BER which affects squash as well.

On tomatoes aborted fruits are usually the tiny new ones and is probably due to incomplete pollination as well, although yes, I suppose other kinds of damage such as insects are possible, but when I've seen just wee aborted rotten fruits it's only been a few on a plant.

Aha, forgot one thing. On tomatoes aborted tiny fruits can also be due to heavy rains messing up the pollination process as well. I know I used to see more of them during rainy weather as well as primarily early in the season.

Yea I agree thats probably it. Notice it more with wet weather as well on squash. Though in my normal climate its not usually an issue but this year has been rainy as possible me thinks.