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Brown spots, freckles? on tomatoes (pics)

20 years ago

So I'm sure that I have had quite a battle with BER this year. I've looked through the problem solver links and have seen it in several stages on my plants where I have decided that is my problem for the most part. First the spots look like darkened water spots, then they are sunken and black. Appear while my toms are still green, often on the side, sometimes on the bottom.

Anyway, this is a different problem than I've seen on my toms affecting the blossom end. It looks like the toms get a suntun of little brown freckles. Not a sign of "rot", no sunken areas. Seems to be pretty superficial.

I've been through the problem solvers countless times and haven't seen anything like it. Here are some pics. (fingers crossed)

Full-blown problem on a Big Beef:

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Problem starting on a Brandywine:

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I'm growing in 16 gallon pots, full-sun, commericial fert (not MG, it's something from Roger's Gardens) used per directions, have been watering daily for a few weeks since I was fighting the BER so much. I also added a few crushed tums and a handful of Epsom salts to each pot a few weeks ago. I know most of you say this won't help but because I had lost so much already I felt like I had nothing to lose. Between watering and supplement, I have seen a dramatic decrease. This new development may be some other type of BER I haven't seen yet or maybe a side effect of adding those supplements?

Thanks everyone!

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