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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Georgia
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Hello!
Just installed a drip irrigation system for all my container tomatos. Really noticed last week with the 1st hot day that it was going to be a necessity. Anyway, while installing it noticed maybe 3 tom's with the below characteristics. Any idea if it's BER or simple cracking? Thanks! Zeus |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vancouver Island
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This is known as catfacing, a sign generally of incomplete pollination, common in early tomatoes in beefsteak varieties, often the fruit of compound or mega blooms will display this. Not a disease, these fruit are edible although they will often ripen unevenly.
KarenO |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Georgia
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Thanks! Zeus |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vancouver Island
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good call, sometimes the crevices created in these misshapen fruit do invite moisture to collect and fungus can be an issue. Let your plant put it's energies into getting resettled in it's new spot.
so now slice it up and fry it... ![]() KarenO |
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