I'm in West Tennessee, and it has been terrible here. I lost so many of my
tomatoes and so has one of my neighbors.
Only too late did I find out what it was.
What BER didn't get, the turtles chewed the bottoms off of LOL

Kate

"Priscilla H Ballou" wrote in message
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| Andrew Ostrander quoth:
| It sounds like blossom end rot to me. Blossom end rot is caused by the
| tomato's not receiving enough calcium when it is growing. This is
affected
| by irregular rainfall but can happen even with regular rains, and has
| nothing to do with being on the ground.
| "Toby" wrote in message
| . com...
| Can anybody tell me why my tomatoes are starting to get slightly
| sunken soft spots on the blossom end of green fruit with small brown
| spots in them? I dont think that this is blossom end rot and the
| tomatoes arent on the ground. It has rained several times the last
| couple weeks.
|
| I agree. Sounds like BER to me, too. I've lost a few lovely beefsteaks
| to it. We've had a few periods of heavy rain here in Boston which have
| done a number on them. We're in the midst of another. :-( Cracks the
| cherry tomatoes and BERs some of the big ones.
|
| Priscilla