We have two tomato plants on our back deck, they are in large black planter boxes and then bathed in 4 to 5 inches of water…so the soil is always nice and moist.
Well, we have a lot of tomatoes coming and yet some of them look like they are going bad while still green.
Also, here is a Picof the plants and the set-up. I should mention they get full sun all day. The plant on the right with the browning of the lower leaves is having the most rot on the fruits. Any ideas?
blossom end rot, I think.
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Tomato_BlossRt.htm
Hmmm, that looks similar…I wonder if ought to let the plants dry a little instead of keeping a few inches of water in there…
Could also be tomato blight?
Wallenstein you are probably right, it is blight, not end rot. I didn’t think of it because I’m on the West Coast and we’ve avoided it so far this year and last but it is all over the East Coast. Blossom end rot is not a big deal, blight is a HUGE deal.
Phlosphr, you should call your county’s cooperative extention office about identifying the disease, and how to best destroy your plants. And if it is blight you most likely will have to destroy them.
http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/publications/blight/
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Potato_LateBlt.htm
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/PhotoPages/Impt_Diseases/Tomato/Tom_Late.htm
P.S. In the future you should water a little less, even in containers. They like soil that is moist and light but not soggy. If you can squeeze a handful of soil and water drips out, it is way too wet. If the top 2 inches of soil are dry then it is time to water. If the soil is dry all the way down then you should have watered yesterday.
Good luck!
Agreed with Hedda Rosa - I don’t have any plants that like wet feet.
This is our first year of growing tomatoes (in the UK) and we seem to have blight on the leaves.
Not much we can do about it - we’ve had a few wet and warm weeks, so perfect conditions for it.
We only have 3-4 plants in tubs so I’ll chuck the infected plants when they are totally gone, and sterilse pots etc for next year.
