Problem with Tomatoes

Jellybaby_1

They're taking a long time to ripen and the biggest one is enormous but it's half red and half manky!! Any idea what the problem is, and can I save the rest?? Any advice appreciated.

revelino70

Pick the green ones and leave them in a cardboard shoebox with a capsicum pepper in a room temperature area. They should ripen up in the box.

Victor

That orangey one looks rotten.

Bogwoppit

Tie up a couple of over ripe bananas in amongst them and it will push them on in a few days.

10-10-20

Over-watering causes tomatoes to split and burst. Try just dampen the ground rather than soaking them.

Jellybaby_1

Thanks for all replies. To be honest I thought I'd neglected watering them because we've had a lot of rain. We had a downpour yesterday which added to the waterlogging. I'll do as recommended and ripen them indoors. I've two rotten ones, don't want to lose any more.

magicbastarder

as 10-10-20 says, inconsistent watering can be a bad thing - they get a sudden flush of water and suck it in and the skin splits with the increase in bulk.

Jellybaby_1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121100644#Comment_121100644

Bulk is right, the rotten one in the photo is a monster and could have fed a family had it not rotted.

spose

What type are they. We bought what was supposed to be moneymaker seeds but they’re definitely not. Look similar to yours and almost all have started to rot before being fully ripe

greasepalm

Outdoor growing of tomatoes is risky with the unknown weather and with night temps down to 3 or 4 might be starting to die . Fruit might need to be picked and ripened indoors.

Jellybaby_1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121107292#Comment_121107292

My Moneymaker is doing fine but not ripe yet, the other one I can't remember what variety it is. I'll check tomorrow. I've had a few years of good harvest of Moneymaker so I chose it again this year, and they're delicious (when ripe!).

Stephen_Maturin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121107292#Comment_121107292

They look kind of like marmande tomatoes

And yes the echo others, inconsistent watering schedule is what splits em.

Currently ripening my crop indoors as my plants were destroyed by storm Betty

dathi

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/tomato/tomato-late-blight.htm

tomato blight

Jellybaby_1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121107339#Comment_121107339

You know your tomatoes, they are Super Marmande.

Supercell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121107924#Comment_121107924

This was the first thing i though when i saw that, blight makes the tomatoes go brown on the vine, had it few years ago.

If it is the leaves on that plant (at least - check neighbouring plants) will be splotched with brown spots to various degrees.

If that the case, then you need to pick what's left of your crop and preferably dispose in brown bin or even burn the vines (don't put onto a compost heap) and don't grow tomatoes in that soil for the next three years.

Really hope its not that OP, i had it a few years ago and it ruined the whole crop because i didn't recognise it in time, curse of a thing.

I've also pulled half my crop this year because i thought i saw it coming on again but at least by then i was already in a glut of red ones so not a disaster. Joys of outdoor growing in a wet summer. Next couple of years i'll grow greens in the plot instead.

Xander10

I had a poor year with mine due to the constant heavy rain last month. I think yours if outdoor suffered the same

Jellybaby_1

Indeed folks, a lesson learned. Looks like I'm not the only one either. I had a couple of really good years previously.