BER this late in the season?

lakelady · September 4, 2012

I still have a lot of greenies on the plants but the other day I was starting to pull a few plants that are done and looked up to notice a few tomatoes with BER ! Ugh, I thought that was a condition that usually resolved itself by midseason! At least that has been my experience thus far.

Anyone else notice this late in the season?

JamesL · September 5, 2012

Yep. On the orange bananas.
Basically never went away. Probably about half the tomatoes had it.
Plants were so prolific, it didn't really matter. Still planning on growing it again.

VC Scott · September 5, 2012

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Originally Posted by lakelady

I still have a lot of greenies on the plants but the other day I was starting to pull a few plants that are done and looked up to notice a few tomatoes with BER ! Ugh, I thought that was a condition that usually resolved itself by midseason! At least that has been my experience thus far.

Anyone else notice this late in the season?

Just a little. Chalked it up to the hot weather and not enough water followed by some cooler temps and maybe too much water. Swings in weather make consistency difficult.

habitat_gardener · September 5, 2012

Jetsetter F1 has had BER all along. It produced a bit in July, mostly stopped for 3 weeks in August (and we don't get temps above 80 here), and has started producing again, but the BER is still there. It looked like a promising variety earlier in the season, after the first rash of BER, but overall it's the most disappointing variety. And the only hybrid I'm growing.

Thessaloniki is still getting a touch of BER, too.

delltraveller · September 5, 2012

I'm still getting BER on some of my Banana Cream tomatoes, but not all, the Green Sausage and on some of the dwarf Eventful F2 plants I have. I also haven't had a tomato yet from the Lucinda that didn't have some degree of BER.

Unlike JamesL, my Orange Banana hasn't had BER, but I'm getting some longitudinal cracking at the top of many of the fruits.

kath · September 5, 2012

I tried Orange Banana for the first time this year and all the fruits had BER- I finally got tired of this one and all the others like it and by the end of July I pulled them all out. The ones that are left had at most one or two fruits affected with BER.

September 4, 2012	#1
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	BER this late in the season? I still have a lot of greenies on the plants but the other day I was starting to pull a few plants that are done and looked up to notice a few tomatoes with BER ! Ugh, I thought that was a condition that usually resolved itself by midseason! At least that has been my experience thus far. Anyone else notice this late in the season? __________________ Antoniette

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JamesL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 1,992	Yep. On the orange bananas. Basically never went away. Probably about half the tomatoes had it. Plants were so prolific, it didn't really matter. Still planning on growing it again.

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habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,543	Jetsetter F1 has had BER all along. It produced a bit in July, mostly stopped for 3 weeks in August (and we don't get temps above 80 here), and has started producing again, but the BER is still there. It looked like a promising variety earlier in the season, after the first rash of BER, but overall it's the most disappointing variety. And the only hybrid I'm growing. Thessaloniki is still getting a touch of BER, too.

September 5, 2012	#5
delltraveller Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 481	I'm still getting BER on some of my Banana Cream tomatoes, but not all, the Green Sausage and on some of the dwarf Eventful F2 plants I have. I also haven't had a tomato yet from the Lucinda that didn't have some degree of BER. Unlike JamesL, my Orange Banana hasn't had BER, but I'm getting some longitudinal cracking at the top of many of the fruits.

September 5, 2012	#6
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	I tried Orange Banana for the first time this year and all the fruits had BER- I finally got tired of this one and all the others like it and by the end of July I pulled them all out. The ones that are left had at most one or two fruits affected with BER.