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Spots on tomatoes

cherrypullingercherrypullinger Posts: 18
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My tumbling tomatoes are starting to ripen but they’ve started developing tiny spots on them. What is this? Are they ok to eat? 




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  • cherrypullingercherrypullinger Posts: 18
    My mum tells me it’s because I’m pouring the water over them instead of at the roots?
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    My first thoughts are bacterial speck.. or possibly even blight.   How do the leaves on the plant look?  Any spots on those too?
    Utah, USA.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    cherrypullinger said:
    My mum tells me it’s because I’m pouring the water over them instead of at the roots?
    Mums are almost invariably right ... you ask my daughter @WonkyWomble 😉 

    You shouldn’t water the plant itself ... just the roots/ compost. Watering the plant runs the risk of fungal and bacterial problems developing ... which may be what’s happening there. 

    I would harvest and wash your spotty tomatoes ... if you are concerned you could peel the skin by blanching with boiling water from the kettle for a couple of minutes then plunging into cold water. The skin will them peel off easily. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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