Hi guys! Just spotted this bruise-like looking patch on one of my tomatoes which is just setting fruit, so far it seems like out of 8-9 beefmasters that are fruiting, this is the only one that has such a bruise. Has anyone encountered this? How should I deal with this? Seems like the stigma might have been cracked while the fruit is still growing, does that affect anything?
I apologize for the constant replies/updates, but I've also spotted from the same Beefmaster tomato plant, this "holes" in my tomatoes, are these blossom end rot? Really concerned here...
Often blossom end rot in tomatoes is blamed on a lack of calcium, either by depleted, poorly drained soil or simply from displacement due to transpiration, especially when plants are under stress. Technically, brown spots on tomatoes from blossom end rot is caused by this lack of calcium.
According to Dr. Linda Gilkeson (Linda Gilkeson || West Coast Gardening || Organic Year Round Gardening), blossom end rot is due to calcium deficiency in tissue, usually from irregular watering.
