I recently picked a couple tomatos that had this. They were low on the
plant and perhaps the first ones set or close to it. All the other fruit
looks to be BER free best I can tell. My plants are so thick I have to get
on my hand and knees to see many of the fruit. They are in Earth Boxes.

Incidently, I picked my first ripe tomato yesterday. Words alone cannot
descibe my jubilation. I place it on the table and said a prayer! After
many years of trying to grow my favorite vegetable, next to spring/fall
lettuce and spinach...finally success. Last year was my first garden at
this house and operator error caused disaster with my plants. In previous
years I planted amoungst Black Walnut trees (I didn't have a choice) and
unbeknownst to me, until three years with no tomatos, I discovered from
this newsgroup that the trees were my problem.

I do wish you the best with your tomatos. I know the heartbreak that comes
with a failed tomato crop!

sparkie



On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 20:51:06 GMT, fireman182
wrote:

Greetings to everyone on the site from Minnesota. Just found the site
today looking for an answer to one question. I have 3 potted roma
tomatoe plants and have noticed that when the fruit starts to ripen,
the bottoms of the fruit rot. What can cause this and is there a
remedy for this? Thanks in advance to all replies!