| Answer: This sounds as if this is a virus symptom such
as Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV). The foliage might look a bit
strange as well. This should not be wide-spread, i.e., not every plant
such produce the symptoms even though entire planting can be infected.
There are some virus resistant varieties such as BHN 444 and Amelia
which have a natural resistance. Planting in too much shade would result
in no tomatoes. This virus is all over the U.S. and is spread by thrip
insects. Jerry M Parsons [ [email protected]
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Answer: The tomatoes were probably shaded by the leaves or other plants and not enough sun light exposure.
Please
contact the local County Co-Operative
Extension Service located in the phone book under the
Department of Agriculture. They are more familiar with the
weather and the soil conditions in your area
and for all the flowers and vegetable
that will grow well in your location, with the correct
soil requirement
and growing temperatures. They
can test your soil and assist
you with the needed
nutrients the soil may need.
They are a wealth of information on any inquiries regarding
these plants
and what is best for additives to the soil and any home remedy
that can be used. Also
they can recommend some gardening books and literature to assist
you with your garden. The public library is also a good
source for excellent reading material on gardening.. Arlene
Correll, Home Farm Herbery
Question: I have searched the information sites and come up with no answer to my reader's question. I don't know where she lives but when she mentions that her husband thought the problem was caused by a lack of sun for the bottom of the tomatoes, it makes me think they are in a cooler climate than ours. She says: I have a question that my husband says, not to worry about it. This is the question: This year our crop of tomatoes have a lot of the tomato pulp green on 1 side and red on the other. The green is sickening looking. Bruce, my husband, said that that side didn't get the sun like the other side did. This has never happened before in our gardening and Bruce has been gardening over 50 years. It is bad when I peel a tomato and go to slice it and half will be pretty and red and the other half is this green pulp.
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