i have been trying to grow yellow tomatoes in a tub out side, i have not had a great amount of fruit but what i have had has been really sweet. can anyone tell me why some of them have developed with a tear drop at the bottom also a lot of the leaves have curl,d up and gone brown and crispy looking.

On Sep 25, 6:46*pm, jeanf wrote:
i have been trying to grow yellow tomatoes in a tub out side, i have not
had a great amount *of fruit but what i have had has been really sweet.
can anyone tell me why some of them have developed with a tear drop at
the bottom also a lot of the leaves have curl,d up and gone brown and
crispy looking.

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jeanf

They have probably got blight which appears on tomatoes and potatoes
when temperature and humidty conditions are right (wrong;-0)
Outdoor tomatoes never do that well compared with greenhouse ones in
the UK re. cropping. After all they originate in the tropics.

Leaf curl I believe is due to large day/night flutuations and my tomatoes alaways seem to suffer but it's not really anything to worry about. Not sure what you mean about the tear drop at the bottom!

thanks, what i mean is instead of them being totally round they have come to a little point at the bottom. i wondered if it has something to do with either being to wet or not wet enough, but dont know enough to form an opinion.

On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:00:21 +0000, jeanf
wrote:


Potman;937685 Wrote:
Leaf curl I believe is due to large day/night flutuations and my
tomatoes alaways seem to suffer but it's not really anything to worry
about. Not sure what you mean about the tear drop at the bottom!

thanks, what i mean is instead of them being totally round they
have come to a little point at the bottom. i wondered if it has
something to do with either being to wet or not wet enough, but dont
know enough to form an opinion.

Ah, I get that sometimes. I think it is a matter of irregular
watering, which I'm prone to; the fruit would probably have got just a
little bigger if properly treated, but it doesn't affect the taste.

--
Mike.