Why are all my tomatoes getting brown or black patches and going soft before they go red??

Question

This is the first year I have had trouble with them

Answer 1

me too .. simply too much rain try putting a small roof over them just a bit of plastic or something
this is the worst year for me in 20 years,my punkins are also terrible

Answer 2

It's called Tomato Blight. And once it hits, you can't stop it. You need to pull up the plants and destroy them. It gets into the soil where the tomatos are growing and will infect every crop from there on out. The blight is worse in rainier summers than in hotter drier ones.I've not found anything to stop it. Just don't put tomatos in the same place next year.

Answer 3

Sounds like Blossom End rot (black bottom rot) and this is caused by irregular watering (too much or too little). It may also be a Calcium deficiency in the soil. You can buy calcium to add to the soil. The tomatoes that are already affected cannot be saved but future growth can be.

Answer 4

The weather has a lot to do with it. Too much or too little rain can drastically affect the produce. At least too little rain you can water but too much you can't take the water away. Ugh. Don't tell the grocery stores, they will raise the prices on their cardboard tomatoes. =)

Answer 5

It's been no sort of weather to ripen tomatoes this year. I think the poor plants have given up. At the very worst they have succumbed to disease, which will attack any struggling plant. Try again next year.

Answer 6

Mine did that as well and the stems turned brown as well. I found out it was blite and sprayed some anti fungal spray over them.

Answer 7

over watering. this summer has not been good for tomatoes grown outside in grow bags. it has simply been to wet and they are drowning.