Tiny black spots on ripe fruit

[Rob_NZ]

Hi,

Can anyone help? Just been harvesting tomatoes, different varieties from different areas of the property.

Some, and from both areas, have tiny black/dark brown spots on them. They are under the skin and only on ripe fruit, and mostly near the top of the fruit.

Any ideas? OK to eat?

Thanks, Rob.

[TZ -OH6]

Can you take pics? There are a couple of things like that such as rain/weather checking, but it shows up on green fruit

https://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/diagnostickeys/TomFrt/Weather_Tom.htm


some others here

https://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/diagnostickeys/TomFrt/TomFrtKey.html

[Rob_NZ]

Thanks for the links

I ad a look earlier, the closest match is bacterial speck, although it is not as severe as the examples shown.

Thanks for your help, very appreciated. I will take a couple of photos in the morning and upload them.

Thanks TZ

[TZ -OH6]

Some sites tend to use the worst case pictures, which makes it hard to identify light and normal cases. However, it provides a term/terms to search for, and sometimes you can find a better picture someplace else.


This is my favorite site for good photos, but sometimes it won't work/link right.


https://www.avrdc.org/LC/tomato/tomato_diseases/index.html

[Garf]

Have a look at these:

[img]https://www.mastercontrollinelinksite.info/Gardening/spots01.jpg[img]

[img]https://www.mastercontrollinelinksite.info/Gardening/spots02.jpg[img]