Tomato Malfunction

[aladatrot]

Here are pics of my tomato that I noticed today. It is the same size as the others on the plants, but this one started to ripen too soon and got some rot inside it and at the bottom with no real visible sign of intruders. You can see from the color that it isn't totally ripe, yet the rot is all inside and on the bottom. My plants seem healthy, and I fertilzed when my first maters were the size of nickels. Any ideas?

Thanks
M

[slimpickins]

Any ideas?

Yea, don't eat it!

Just kiddin', I would say it was some sort of worm, but I ain't no green thumb.

[aladatrot]

Well, as it turns out, my 'Mater had Blossom End Rot caused by a problem in the way calcium was transferred to the fruit from the roots. I need to watch my other Maters for the same problem and they may or may not get it. It isn't a disease or anything, just something to watch out for. If my others get it, I can pretty much assume that my soil doesn't have enough calcium in it and I need to use composted manure.

Since half my garden soil IS composted manure, I'm hoping that this was just one isolated incident. I will begin adding egg shells to my compost anyway.

M

[HIPOCKETS]

LOOKED LIKE A DOG PEED ON IT,,MAYBE...DOGS ARE NOT GOOD AROUND VEGEIES OR FLOWERS..

TELL CHRISS ,,DON'T EAT THAT ONE,,,LOL

[slimpickins]

I will begin adding egg shells to my compost anyway.

Here's one for you, Jo Lynne started putting a raw, uncracked egg in the hole (under the plant) when she plants our maters.
Says the tap root will down shoot into the egg and soak up the innerds, then grow on through the shell and out the bottom.
Not sure if it was coincidental, but we sure had good maters when she did this.

[Circle C]

Here are some pictures of the garden progress.

Tomatoes


Zucchini with some weird stuff on the foliage


Zucchini, that looks like an eggplant


Radishes


Peppers, they don't look so good, maybe it's because there is a pig in the garden