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What's happened to my tomato?
Orchid Lady
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I was so looking forward to my first tomato tonight, it came off very easily but when I turned it over I noticed it was greeny brown underneath and soft, like it has gone rotten? Can someone tell me what has happened.....what have I done wrong and will this happen to all my fruit? 
Gutted Tracey
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OL - what are the leaves on the plant like? Afraid that looks like blight to me
Are your tomato plants in pots? If so, I'd move that one as far away from the others as possible.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh noooooooo
Here are a couple of pics, the tomato came off the end of the bunch you can see. It is the plant I posted about a couple of weeks ago with the black bits on the lower leaves. I have checked all the other fruits on all my plants and they are all firm, no soft bits and still all green.
I was hoping that maybe it had just got wet or something
I'll google both of those after dinner. I was going to cut the rotten bit and eat the rest......maybe not!!
More watering I think......off out with the watering can
Thanks Buddyboy, I didn't see your post when I posted above and had just read that exact piece myself, I'm glad its not blight, or at least I hope it isn't. See what Dove says about the pics.
In my experience BER tends to be darker with sunken blemishes. I hope Buddyboy is right.
I'm worried that this is the plant that you had concerns about earlier ....
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Me too Dove, I will do some more research and see what happens, I have nowhere I can move it too as no room
Well, as you can see from the picture above of the plant there are only a few black spots on the leaves which I believe is caused by a mineral deficiency. The stem and side shoots are really healthy......been so fed up about it but I feel a bit more positive now
I'm no expert and I'm not sure but it does look like Blossom End Rot. It was the first think I thought of when I saw the picture.