Tom help and ID

[mikeinsc]

Several months ago I bought a few pounds of red tomatoes in hopes of making sauce. As it turned out, I forgot about them sitting in a bag and they went bad. So out into the compost pile they went and a week later about 100 plants were growing. I now have 11 in containers with about 65 fruit on 9 of them and 9 plants in the ground with about 6 tomatoes. The ones in the ground are about a month behind on setting fruit and flowering.

But my real concern is something else. We've had lots of hard rain the last few days here in SC. Today I noticed some darkerspots on the tomatoes that you can somewhat see in the pics. Is this ok or is it too much water or something else?

Also, any chance of getting an ID on these at this time? Determinate vines and very stocky. Good producers too. One plant has 13 very healthy tomatoes going so far.


The green and red tomato I picked up at a farmers market. They said it was an orange strawberry but it looks much different than what I've seen so far.

Thank you.

[lj in ny]

Hi Mike- there are literally thousands of different types of tomatoes. It would be virtually impossible to determine what kind you have- I'll keep my fingers crossed that they are tasty! I'm not sure about the spots- I've never encountered anything like that on my tomatoes before, they don't appear to be BER-I'm familiar with that!! I'll be curious to see what it is.

[Blueaussi]

I can't see the spots you're talking about in the pictures with all the sparkly water droplets on the tomatoes and plants. Sorry.

[mikeinsc]

well, I wasn't quite sure if there was a way to tell based on size, plant structure and whatever else is used to identify plants.
this is my first time growing tomatoes.

i'll check for the dark spots when I get home from work. they were on the bottom half and looked more like a bruise. I'm quite certain it is not BER.

[mikeinsc]

I've finally had a chance to get a better picture of the dark spots I was talking about a few days ago. It seems that the spots have become dimples with a few becoming brown and crusty like in the picture. Most of the tomatoes with the spots seem to have become better. Only a few still remain and here is the best picture I have of one.




On another note, the one and only Mr. Stripey has begun to turn colors and ripen. This one tomato is some 4 - 5 months in the making. This is a Bonnie plant from Wal-Mart. It still flowers but won't set fruit.

When should I pick it? Should the seeds be saved for next year? What are the chances it will repeat its performance from this year?






And lastly, is this blight?