Hi!
I realized this evening that a few of my tomatoes have black spots on the bottom of them. We are growing yellow pear, Roma, and Celebrity tomotoes. I believe that the black spots have affected some of all 3 varieties. I'm very new to this gardening thing, so I have no idea what to do. Help, please?!?!
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- texasgalgardener
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got it! read the sticky - very helpful! I also read somewhere else online about BER and it said to remove the affected tomatoes. is that correct? many, but not all our tomatoes have been affected. I'm hoping it's due to a very hot spell we had a few weeks ago, and that we won't have much of a problem with it now that I know some preventative measures to take. and it is our Roma's that are having the biggest problem - we'll have to try different varieties next year. Thanks for your help!
It's best to remove them. They are worthless after BER. If not removed, they will probably continue to rot and the rot can spread to unaffected fruit. Kinda like a rotten apple can spoil the whole barrel thing.
Don't be discouraged. Most seasoned gardeners often get outbreaks of BER if the conditions are optimum for it. In most cases, it only effects the earliest fruit set and seems to not effect later fruit.
Ted
Don't be discouraged. Most seasoned gardeners often get outbreaks of BER if the conditions are optimum for it. In most cases, it only effects the earliest fruit set and seems to not effect later fruit.
Ted
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