Fried Green Tomatoes

By on February 22, 2012 in food, garden

Hi guys,

Please help! My tomatoes are fried! And still green! :-( I’m not really sure what happened, as my tomato plants were thriving and I was expecting a bumper crop. All of a sudden, the leaves start turning a sandy colour and the bottom of each tomato started going black, as in the pics. Does anyone know what causes this and how I can resolve it?

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3 Responses to Fried Green Tomatoes

  1. Connie Meyer February 22, 2012 at 12:37 pm #

    Your tomatoes have blossom end rot. There are quite a few theories as to why this develops raging from mineral deficiencies to irregular watering. Your plants also appear to have blight. It is very frustrating!!! I have the same experience despite regular watering and good compost. Extreme heat seems to help cause the problem, so try providing light shade. I sprayed my plants with echinacea root tincture as an experiment, 25ml in 500ml water. I can’t say that it has prevented either of these problems entirely, but the plants generally do look healthier and I hope to harvest a fair number of tomatoes. You can follow my progress on my blog if you like.

  2. jeannine February 23, 2012 at 9:53 am #

    conny is right…it is important not to water the tomatoes from overhead, always water on the ground. it also helps make tomato cages so they do not touch the ground.

  3. mol-d February 28, 2012 at 12:29 am #

    Thanks for the tips, Connie and Jeannine. Connie, I have checked your site out. Some interesting stuff, thanks.

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