Is this blossom end rot?

[PA Wolf]

This is a picture taken from the bottom of the tomato. The spot On the left is where the tomato rubbed against another branch for too long. The spot on top (to the right of the bigger blemish) I have no idea what it is. This is my first time growing tomatoes and I figured this fella was a waste of energy so I picked it. Any ideas?

[My Foot Smells]

looks bruised to me, did you drop it? the times I've gotten BER, it has been a disgusting mess, however, that rascal is still aweful green.

[PA Wolf]

No, didn't drop it. The one blemish was just from rubbing against a stem. Maybe was premature on pulling it. It was a beautiful specimen other than the dark spots.

[oakley]

Could be some sort of bacterial lesion. Some sort of fruit rot. What does the inside look like? I would slice it. Some fruit rots from within.
How are the leaves and overall plant health otherwise?

Keep a keen eye on your plants. Keep your water consistent. Hold back on feeding.
Might be stress related...

[Cole_Robbie]

It looks more like black mold growing from the inside, could have entered through one of the lesions. Hopefully, it is an isolated event.

[PA Wolf]

Inside of the fruit looked great. Plant is pretty healthy. I water in the morning on days where it's in the 80s or hotter. Maybe a couple leaves wilting when it really hot. There a bunch of other maters on the vine so I'll watch em

[jhp]

Looks like mold, but I think it could be the beginnings of Anthracnose. I think if you had let it go longer, it would have progressed and the dark spots would get darker. Anthracnose spots have that watery outer ring around the black and it looks like that is starting in your picture.

Check out this link, if you already haven't. Lots of helpful pictures.

http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.corne...TomFrtKey.html

Jen

[PA Wolf]

Another dark spot is forming on a different tomato.

[JerryHaskins]

I'd say, "No. It's not blossom end rot."

Blossom end rot occurs, well, on the very bottom end of the tomato. It will be a round, brown spot that gets larger over time.

This:

[zipcode]

Actually it doesn't occur only on the bottom. Starting from the interior is also possible, although rarer, especially from the seed cavities location.
The first pic is suspect of ber, the second not really, so it's tough to say.

[MissS]

The fruit in photo #8 looks like a wound that healed over. It either had some rubbing or injury from an animal or person and it has formed a scab over the injury. A pathogen of some sort may or may not have entered the wound. Time will tell.......

[PA Wolf]

I first thought it was from rubbing against a branch but now there are a few fruits with these marks. I suppose it could be from rubbing during windy days but I haven't noticed any physical contact with other fruits or limbs.

[PA Wolf]

Pretty sure the more I read, the more it seems like anthracnose. Anyone had it here and successfully beat it? I've read all sorts of articles and have a few ideas of what to do. But would love advice from someone who beat it. Thanks all!

[PA Wolf]

More nasty looking tomatoes. Seems the lower tomatoes on the plant look this way while the higher up they go, the healthier they look.

[gorbelly]

Originally Posted by PA Wolf

Seems the lower tomatoes on the plant look this way while the higher up they go, the healthier they look.

Either whatever it is isn't spreading/hasn't spread yet to the higher-up tomatoes, or it was actually BER, which the plant is growing out of, as is usually the case with BER.

I don't think it's anthracnose, because anthracnose doesn't usually start appearing until the fruit starts ripening, and those fruits look pretty far off from ripening.

BER typically shows up on immature tomatoes that are about half to 2/3 of the way to full size. So the timing fits better with BER.

Could still be some kind of other fungal or bacterial rot. How many tomatoes are on the plant? Of those, how many are affected?