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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Greenville NC
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Anyone know what this is? I can't seem to get any late tomatoes before this sets in.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Chicago-land & SO-cal
Posts: 583
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Buckeye rot
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Greenville NC
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Don't think it was that. this tomato was near the top of a 6 foot plant. not near soil. don't even have soil.
Using potting mix in self watering containers. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Chicago-land & SO-cal
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I'm only guessing its buckeye rot cause the picture doesn't look as dark as blossom end rot is usually stated to be. Buckeye rot is usually about fruit sitting on the ground, but it can happen even when using a trellis. The spores spread pretty easily by rain. Blossom end rot I believe is the one that's specific about irregular watering, calcium uptake, etc... If it's not buckeye rot, that only leaves blossom end rot as a possibility. It's hard to tell from the picture if the rot is blossom end though. Half the time it's hard to identify because by the time you get to the fruit, the rotting area is already molded over and you can't tell if it was dark, light, or has concentric rings. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: zone 6b, PA
Posts: 5,664
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![]() Btw, the fruit was well up in the cage off the ground, so tomorrow I'll try to check for more affected fruits since it's so contagious. The plants that are still in the garden have grown way taller than the cages and the vines have fallen back down all around and are pretty green and dense on top so it's getting difficult even to spot ripening fruits inside of some of them. Not a bad problem to have in Sept. considering the possible alternatives but I do want to get rid of any other bad ones. Last edited by kath; September 1, 2016 at 10:30 PM. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
Posts: 8,407
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It is oddly on the side, and not the end, like BER.
It could have been something as simple as a bird peck that broke the skin. Once the skin is broken, it's open to any mold spores that happen to be around. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: zone 6b, PA
Posts: 5,664
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 5,931
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If the plant is healthy and just the fruit are affected my guess is that it is BER to begin with or insect damage and then mold as a secondary infection. If the plants are also affected then grey mold or late blight. regardless it is definitely fungal
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: AL
Posts: 1,993
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Kinda looks like buckeye rot to me too. A bad case.
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.corne...t/Buck_Tom.htm |
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tomato , virus |
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