BER - at what stage of tomato development

tam91 · July 5, 2012

As I mentioned before, the Early Girl plant at my in-ground garden has a ton of BER. No other varieties are affected, but they're all behind in development, except the sweet 100 cherry. What I was wondering was...

Why this one plant? All the conditions are the same.

Is it because the fruit are further along in development? At what point is a fruit "doomed"? Is it if the stress occurs as it's starting to blush, or do they all get BER at a particular time of stress no matter how far along they are? It does seem even some quite green ones have it, but only on that plant.

Well it's supposed to be 102 today, was 101 yesterday - I suppose that does qualify as stress!

Could it be because the Early Girl was grown to several feet high in probably a 10" nursery pot, and thus doesn't have as good of a root system as my plants, who were planted out at a normal size?

July 5, 2012	#1
tam91 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Crystal Lake IL Posts: 2,484	BER - at what stage of tomato development As I mentioned before, the Early Girl plant at my in-ground garden has a ton of BER. No other varieties are affected, but they're all behind in development, except the sweet 100 cherry. What I was wondering was... Why this one plant? All the conditions are the same. Is it because the fruit are further along in development? At what point is a fruit "doomed"? Is it if the stress occurs as it's starting to blush, or do they all get BER at a particular time of stress no matter how far along they are? It does seem even some quite green ones have it, but only on that plant. Well it's supposed to be 102 today, was 101 yesterday - I suppose that does qualify as stress! Could it be because the Early Girl was grown to several feet high in probably a 10" nursery pot, and thus doesn't have as good of a root system as my plants, who were planted out at a normal size? __________________ Tracy