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early girl tomatoes with bruising

meganlanephotos

11 years ago

I have one tomato plant this year, early girl variety. Harvested about 35 so far, still has 17+ green 'maters waiting to ripen on plant. Picked two today that looked great until I saw bottom. None of the others had this. They were not in contact with soil. Bruising is on bottom only.. Tannish gray color. Not moist or wet, hardly indented. Not any softer than rest of the fruit either..

What is it? Still edible? Thanks!!

Top of fruit

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jean001a
11 years ago
That's a rather early stage of blossom end rot (BER).
meganlanephotos
Original Author
11 years ago
I picked four tomatoes since these two, and they didn't have any bruising or damage. With BER, do all the tomatoes end up "infected"? Also, would these two with the visible damage still be edible since you say it is an early stage of BER? Thanks!
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jean001a
11 years ago
Not an infection. Instead, it's a water shortage during development. So, no, not all tomatoes on that plant will be affected as long as the water status of the soil is suitable -- evenly moist is the key.

When you cut the affected tomatoes, you will discover if the damage is only skin deep or not. At that time, trim off the bad stuff and eat the rest. Enjoy!

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