Tomatoes rotting on vine

[obsessed]

So most of my tomatoes are like rotting. They have like a bruise on the sides of them that is all brown and stuff and then they just rot away. It has not been cold here or damp. Any idea of the cause?

I was looking on the web and I come up with mosiac virus. The plants look overall healthy though. Just some dying at the bottom of the plants.

 

[the lemon tree]

Could it be sunscald?

http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4dmg/Pests/Diseases/tomaprob.htm

 

[Hattie the Hen]

So most of my tomatoes are like rotting. They have like a bruise on the sides of them that is all brown and stuff and then they just rot away. It has not been cold here or damp. Any idea of the cause?

I was looking on the web and I come up with mosiac virus. The plants look overall healthy though. Just some dying at the bottom of the plants.

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Hello the lemon tree,

I'm afraid I think it looks like blight to me......not good news at all ! Have a look at this site as it is a bit hard to read your photos as they are not very clear. It is much easier for you to compare.

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/publications/tomatoproblemsolver/ripe/

I lost my entire crop of over 50 plants to it last year. The condition moves very fast & you have to follow directions closely for getting rid of the plants safely so not to spread it further(it also affects a lot of other plants (eggplants & potatoes etc).

You should also look at this page for Buckeye Rot: I have no experience of this one !

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/publications/tomatoproblemsolver/green/buckeye_rot.html

*****This is the main Tomato Problem Page for other options/problems. I found this very useful last year.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news & I hope I am wrong!
Good Luck...........


Hattie

 

[vfem]

I'm afraid it looks like heavily infected blight as well? But I would need to see the leaves and stems. Like Hattie, we got it bad here and lost a number of plants, but caught it REALLY early before all this happened.

My neighbor was not as lucky, and most of his tomatoes looks like they had rotted when they weren't even ripe yet.

 

[Southern Gardener]

I've had several of mine rot also - I pulled up several plants last night.

 

[obsessed]

Crap! Well my really expensive heirloom tomatoes have blight or (septoria leaf spot). I can honestly say that I have a ton more respect for farmers and for anything grown for any use.

Gardening is hard. And is so challenging. Thankfully I am a spirited individual and like a challenge.


But my question becomes... Can I take cutting of these plants? like from the top or are they totally just done.?

 

[journey11]

What a bummer! There's nothing I look forward to more from my garden than the tomatoes.

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Crap! Well my really expensive heirloom tomatoes have blight or (septoria leaf spot). I can honestly say that I have a ton more respect for farmers and for anything grown for any use.

Gardening is hard. And is so challenging. Thankfully I am a spirited individual and like a challenge.


But my question becomes... Can I take cutting of these plants? like from the top or are they totally just done.?

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Oh! obsessed,
My heart bleeds for you!! After my experience last year I know exactly how you must feel. I am nervous every morning when I head outside for my first look of the day at this years plants...........so far;so good....!!

I am afraid you really must get rid of all the affected plants & any tomato plant which is next to it , even if it is not affected. I could not bring myself to destroy perfectly health looking plants so I kept them........BIG MISTAKE......they eventually got it too. So put on a cheap pair of rubber gloves (destroy these at the end of the process) , then bag up all the plants in plastic sacks or burn (which I did as I thought it was safer than sending to landfill). Under no circumstances let it go for local composting or put it in your own heaps as this will spread it further. After you have done this wash all tools & pots, tomato frames / stakes, hands, shoes etc, etc with bleach water. I rewashed everything again this year before potting up my young plants. Also do not plant tomatoes in the same area the next time around. This year all my tomatoes are in pots standing in my front garden; last year they were in the back one. Any volunteer plants that might come up the followin season should be destroyed with the same care & precaution as the original diseased stock. Remember too not to plant eggplants or potatoes or other plants which are blight prone in the orinal blighted area for the next few years. I know this sounds like a prison sentence but it is very important.

So sorry to be the bearer of this information.


Hattie

 

[Kim_NC]

Get rid of affected plants, as already said. And treat remainders and other plants (like potatoes, eggplant, even vine crops like cucmber/squash) with an organic Copper Fungicide as a preventive measure to stop any spreading.

We use the organic Copper Fungicide shown on this page. But around here we can buy it at Southern States farm stores.

http://www.planetnatural.com/site/liquid-copper-fungicide.html

 

[Southern Gardener]

Sorry about that obsessed!