As my tomatos ripen, small yellow spots form on the skin, when the tomato is
cut, there are white spots in the flesh.
I supose it is too late to do anything about it, but what has happened? The
cherry tomatos are fine.


Dave
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DavesVideo wrote:
As my tomatos ripen, small yellow spots form on the skin, when the tomato is
cut, there are white spots in the flesh.
I supose it is too late to do anything about it, but what has happened? The
cherry tomatos are fine.


Dave
http://members.tripod.com/~VideoDave


The problem is often caused by heat stress and uneven
moisture while the tomato is getting ripe. As long as the
leaves of the plant look good, I wouldn't worry about it.
If you see the leaves turing yellow (sometimes with black
spots) it is an indication of tomato blight and that is
something to worry about.
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DavesVideo said:

As my tomatos ripen, small yellow spots form on the skin, when the tomato is
cut, there are white spots in the flesh.
I supose it is too late to do anything about it, but what has happened? The
cherry tomatos are fine.

Could be stink bug feeding:

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/t...efruit/32.html

Not a worry, if limited/occasional. Otherwise, you need to control the stink bugs.
Nymphs can be controlled with insecticidal soap; adults are much harder to
kill.

IPM page for stink bugs on tomatoes:

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r783300211.html
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kiewicz said:

Could be stink bug feeding:

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HREF="http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/tomatoproblemsolver/ripefruit/32.
html"http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/t.../ripefruit/32.
html/A

Not a worry, if limited/occasional. Otherwise, you need to control the stink
bugs.

That's it all right, looks just like the pictures. I have a great many tomatos
and just about everyone has the marks. Never had that problem before and afraid
it may be too late. They all seem to have it.




Dave
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