Brown specs all over Stem

tqn626 · March 8, 2013

I got brown specs all over my tomatoes stem. The tomato plant looks perfectly healthy and some even have flowers. Is this a concern?

Torquill · March 9, 2013

Nope, that's normal, especially if some of the veins or leaf nodes have a little purple coloring. It's often the base of the stem hairs, showing up purple on the green stem.

Purple hints happen a lot in cool weather... I expect you'll see them vanish once things warm up.

--Alison

Ms. Jitomate · March 9, 2013

Tqn626, what an awesome picture! What kind of camera are you using? I have specks also in the tomato plants that will be dark/purple tomatoes. It's funny how when we grow our own plants we inspect them so thouroughly. I have never done that with my purchased plants. They got drenched with this rain and some of them are droopy, but I expect the sun to perk them up when it warms up. I sold some to my garden club, gave away some to friends, and today I donated some to a school teacher for here school garden. It is so much fun seeing these 'babies' go to good homes. I hope your tomato plants are doing great!

tqn626 · March 10, 2013

Canon powershot elph 300hs.

So far I planted 20 tomato plants into the ground.

6 at my grandparents
6 at my brothers
4 at home
10 at my other grandparents.

Everyone garden except mines has some sort of wall or big tree protecting them. I been putting a bucket over them at night if it gets cold.

The ones in the cups are just getting too big, I need to get some containers.

March 8, 2013	#1
tqn626 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: San Gabriel, CA Posts: 145	Brown specs all over Stem I got brown specs all over my tomatoes stem. The tomato plant looks perfectly healthy and some even have flowers. Is this a concern? Last edited by tqn626; March 8, 2013 at 09:20 PM.

March 9, 2013	#2
Torquill Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Willamina, OR (Zone 8a/Sunset 4) Posts: 26	Nope, that's normal, especially if some of the veins or leaf nodes have a little purple coloring. It's often the base of the stem hairs, showing up purple on the green stem. Purple hints happen a lot in cool weather... I expect you'll see them vanish once things warm up. --Alison __________________ Heisenberg + Schroedinger = Humdinger!

March 9, 2013	#3
Ms. Jitomate Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: San Gabriel Valley, CA Posts: 99	Tqn626, what an awesome picture! What kind of camera are you using? I have specks also in the tomato plants that will be dark/purple tomatoes. It's funny how when we grow our own plants we inspect them so thouroughly. I have never done that with my purchased plants. They got drenched with this rain and some of them are droopy, but I expect the sun to perk them up when it warms up. I sold some to my garden club, gave away some to friends, and today I donated some to a school teacher for here school garden. It is so much fun seeing these 'babies' go to good homes. I hope your tomato plants are doing great!

March 10, 2013	#4
tqn626 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: San Gabriel, CA Posts: 145	Canon powershot elph 300hs. So far I planted 20 tomato plants into the ground. 6 at my grandparents 6 at my brothers 4 at home 10 at my other grandparents. Everyone garden except mines has some sort of wall or big tree protecting them. I been putting a bucket over them at night if it gets cold. The ones in the cups are just getting too big, I need to get some containers.