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Sun, Jul 14, 13 at 9:55
| I'm growing Beefsteak, Celebrity, Roma and "Old German" tomatoes in a 4ft by 6ft raised bed. It's my first year growing tomatoes and for the first 2-3 months, everything was going terrific. Every new blossom looked perfect and are now ripening beautifully. However, a lot of my new blossoms on 3 of the 4 tomato types have blossoms that look like the one in the picture, and since I'm a rookie I'm not sure what's causing it. Has anyone had this problem before? |
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- Posted by Tomatovator1 none (My Page) on Sun, Jul 14, 13 at 10:12
| Looks like something bacterial to me. Check this out for more info... http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/vegetable/tomato-problem-solver/green-fruit/ |
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| My first impression was insect damage, but either way I'd definitely be spraying with a fungicide AND insecticide. |
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| My first impression was, as if birds have picked on it. But it looks more like insect trying to take a bite of it. then either could not do it or did not like it (too acid, yuk !) and gave up. |
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| Agree with tomatovator above - Bacterial Spot. But to be sure tell us about any symptoms on the plant itself - any dark spots or black specks on the leaves, holes in leaves with a gray-brown ring around them, any discolored places on the stems? Another possible is Alternaria Canker but with it the plants themselves would have many symptoms too. Dave |
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| No specs or holes in the leaves, no problems with the stem that I can see. I bought some liquid copper spray and will give that a try this evening. If it is bacterial speck, are the tomatoes that currently are affected by it -like the one in the picture- beyond saving (should I just cut them off and toss them), or will they be good to go after the spray treatment? |
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