Comments on: Tomato Problems: What’s Wrong With My Tomato?

By: Deborah Helms

Deborah Helms — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:37:12 +0000

The past few years no matter what variety of tomato we grow on our family farm they end up with hard places inside the fruit. It’s like the core, but extended out from it into the walls of the tomato. Any thoughts?

By: Janelle

Janelle — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 03:19:40 +0000

What about tomatoes half ripening and half green? Smooth skin and beautiful plant.

By: Ruth Mackin

Ruth Mackin — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 02:19:46 +0000

This is the first year I have tried to plant tomatoes. I think I should have read your article first. It seems to be a very daunting enterprise. My huge tomato plant (in a pot) has lots of little green tomatoes, but I noticed some have black marks on the bottom. Should I take those off now? Is it too late to add calcium now, if that is indeed the problem. Where can I buy calcium? Your article is super informative and thank you for sharing your expertise.

By: Pamela Younce

Pamela Younce — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 03:07:18 +0000

Thanks for the informative site. I have gorgeous healthy looking plants but the first tomatoes to ripen have a sort of blackish discoloration st the stem end/,top. I don’t think it’s blight because I actually need to prune back the huge green plants. Thanks

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:46:53 +0000

In reply to jehangir. So either they're a white variety (which usually are a pale yellow to white color) or they have sunscald which is a sunburn on the tomato fruit. White tomatoes are edible, but sunscaled tomatoes are not.

By: jehangir

jehangir — Wed, 27 May 2020 16:29:54 +0000

hello
I cut a bunch of tomatoes and they were all largely white-ish instead of the usual red/orange color. what might be the reason, you think?

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:41:38 +0000

In reply to Susi Cantley. Did you see any bugs? A lot of pests excrete a sticky substance after sucking on tomato plants. Or could it have been something you sprayed-like a horticultural oil?

By: Susi Cantley

Susi Cantley — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 18:18:54 +0000

I grow Jetstar tomatoes, and this year, for the first time, I am finding that they have a very sticky coating on the skin that does not wash off. I peel them and they tasted great, but why are they sticky?

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 20:21:19 +0000

In reply to Cyn. Sounds like you have different varieties that have come up. Usually, watery tomatoes are also a sign of over watering.

By: Cyn

Cyn — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 19:51:29 +0000

After a wetter than usual winter in Southern California I had 3 “surprise” tomato plants come up in my back yard. All are now quite large and are producing lots of tomatoes but the tomatoes on one plant look almost translucent compared to the tomatoes from the other two plants and are a bit watery. There’s no sign of any of the diseases discussed here. What would cause this? All 3 plants are growing side by side.