help with tomato plant?

Question

i am a first time tmoato grower my plant hsa got lots of green tmoatos on it but a few have gone black ! will the rest of them go black and can any one tell me why they have gone black

Answer 1

1st separate the good from the bad tomatoes, discard the bad ones! - otherwise there is a risk of rot infection being passed between them.

I used to grow tomato plants on my kitchen windowsill, all year around. Typically I took cuttings from the top of older plants, and rooted them in water or compost. They didn´t crop all year round, but were earlier than when started as seedlings in the spring.

I´d recommend that you research their growing requirements before your next crop too. But, don´t blame yourself as this has been a bad year for tomato growing in the UK, due to our weather. My family farms and have had a tough year too!

Ripening fruit, such as banana´s, apples etc. will help your green tomatoes ripen, due to the gas that they respire. Keep them together. Keem some cool, and add others, a few at a time, to ripen in warmer lighter conditions, so that they don´t all ripen at the same time.

It´s possible that they may not all be perfect for fresh ripe eating, but could be added to sauces etc., such as for pasta, when cooked.

Good luck! Rob

Answer 2

This is the wrong time of the year to grow tomatoes unless you live in the summer hemisphere.
You need to remove the back tomatoes straight away and disease spreads easily with tomatoes.
I would also remove the green ones and ripen them on a warm window sill. With a bit of luck some of them should turn red and although will possible be hard will be ideal for frying.
Alternatively use the green ones in a green tomoatoe chutney.
Delicious.

Answer 3

Not sure but your question reminded me of a long time ago when I was job training.
One of the old timers found a tomato seed behind his false teeth plate, he tried to grow it in the workshop, sarting with some compost stuff, it was coming on a treat and eventually got transfered into a milk bottle!
It was this fellers pride and joy, it was as if he had given birth to this bloody thing.
It sprouted a fruit which grew into a fair sized tomato , but it was green, he wanted it red, he was fretting about this problem and wouldnt stop talking about it, he was really anoying me!
I suggested he try stuffing it up where the sun dont shine for a couple of weeks, it was like water off a ducks back!
He then found a bench light , he switched it on near this plant and instructed every one not to switch this lamp off.
That was the final straw for me I had enough, I found a small tin of enamel red paint and gave his green tomato a coat, it was glowing bright red.
When the guy came into work next morning he was foaming at the mouth, he went completly berserk, he was after me for days trying to kill me with a very large spanner. It was like I had killed a member of his family.

Answer 4

If not temperature related, I would say Black Bottom Rot. Are the black spots on the bottoms of the tomatoes? This is caused by spuratic watering or a lack of calcium in the soil. You cannot save those that are affected but can save the rest.

Answer 5

if your in england its to late in the season for tomatoes, they should have been harvested around august, pick them and put them on a window sill indoors in a room that is warm and has a lot of sun

Answer 6

take them off the plant,put them in a brown paper bag and put somewhere warm or you can use the green ones to make chutney.

Answer 7

Not exactly sure but sounds like frost got to them !!

Answer 8

Where are you? Not a chance if in northern europe, as they will not cope with winter

Answer 9

destroy your plants its a virus burr the plants