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What causes my beefsteaks not to be red on the inside?
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junebugntn 7B (
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Sun, Aug 11, 13 at 17:37
| The attached photo shows a problem I have. My Early Girl tomatoes are the pretty red ones. The others are beefsteaks. What causes them not to ripen with the redness of the Early Girls? I've had this problem for two years now. They don't get very big and the flavor is lacking. |
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RE: What causes my beefsteaks not to be red on the inside?
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| Has the weather been really hot while the tomatoes were ripening? I've heard that can cause the white areas inside tomatoes. |
RE: What causes my beefsteaks not to be red on the inside?
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- Posted by digdirt 6b-7a North AR (My Page) on
Sun, Aug 11, 13 at 20:34
| Uneven ripening has several possible causes but weather factors is probably the most common. Excessive heat or unusual cool night temps, excess or inconsistent soil moisture, compacted soil, root stunting, low soil potassium, etc. Basically anything that interferes with normal distribution of nutrients throughout the fruit as it is developing. Dave PS: In the previous discussions here about this question many of us suggest you try picking the tomatoes after they reach breaker stage and allowing them to ripen indoors out of the sun and heat. |
RE: What causes my beefsteaks not to be red on the inside?
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| Appreciate the input. My tomatoes are in raised beds. 1 tomatoe per bed, at the back and tied to a wire trellis. We have not had a very hot summer but it has been a very rainy summer. We also drip in the bed as needed. So hard to see why one would ripen wonderfully and another not. |
RE: What causes my beefsteaks not to be red on the inside?
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| The reason: Different kinds of tomato with different sensitivities/tolerances. |
RE: What causes my beefsteaks not to be red on the inside?
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| So hard to see why one would ripen wonderfully and another not. Even ripening is a genetic trait. In some hybrid varieties it plays a more dominant role. |
RE: What causes my beefsteaks not to be red on the inside?
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| Any recommendations for next year of a large tomato that might do better? |
RE: What causes my beefsteaks not to be red on the inside?
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| Any recommendations for next year of a large tomato that might do better? **********************************
Do NOT plant Beefsteaks ! |
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