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barryla61 · July 16, 2012

Poor tasting tomatoes. We've had more rain than usual for us here in central VA and the taste of our tomatoes shows it. We have some of the most bland tasting maters ever....almost as bad...yes ALMOST as bad as store bought!

b54red · July 16, 2012

Four years ago we had the same thing and it lasted all summer and into the fall. The really mild tomatoes were so tasteless that I couldn't even bear to eat them. I actually got my best tasting tomatoes in late October and November when the rains had finally stopped. That summer I didn't have a single variety that did not split badly and the foliage diseases were off the charts. Keeping fungicides on the plants is nearly impossible with weather like that; but you have to try or the diseases will devastate tomato plants.

chancethegardener · July 16, 2012

For me it is equal to zero number of tomatoes

. So many diseases I had to deal with this year. I will start a new batch of seeds end of July so that we can hopefully have some decent harvest in Fall.

July 16, 2012	#1
barryla61 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Bedford, VA Posts: 257	Lots of rain = Poor tasting tomatoes. We've had more rain than usual for us here in central VA and the taste of our tomatoes shows it. We have some of the most bland tasting maters ever....almost as bad...yes ALMOST as bad as store bought!

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July 16, 2012	#2
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Four years ago we had the same thing and it lasted all summer and into the fall. The really mild tomatoes were so tasteless that I couldn't even bear to eat them. I actually got my best tasting tomatoes in late October and November when the rains had finally stopped. That summer I didn't have a single variety that did not split badly and the foliage diseases were off the charts. Keeping fungicides on the plants is nearly impossible with weather like that; but you have to try or the diseases will devastate tomato plants.

July 16, 2012	#3
chancethegardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: WV Posts: 604	For me it is equal to zero number of tomatoes . So many diseases I had to deal with this year. I will start a new batch of seeds end of July so that we can hopefully have some decent harvest in Fall.