Tuesday 25 September 2018

BLOSSOM END ROT

Tomato with Blossom End Rot, August 13th 2018. Probably due to irregular watering during very hot weather.

August 13th 2018

6 comments:

Taken For Granted said...

Interesting textures and colors in your photo, but a problem if you are trying to grow tomatoes.

Lucy Corrander : Photos said...

Hello Taken for Granted. Sometimes it's satisfying to stand back and think 'Although I would rather this hadn't happened, it's beautiful all the same.'

boromax said...

Wonderful the bright red/orange against the grayish tones of the weathered wood. The rotting part of the tomato echoes those tones. Very organic, and, actually, appealing!

Susan said...

Is that from your garden? I hope it's the only one to be appreciated. =) Great contrast in colors against the wood.

Lucy Corrander : Photos said...

Hello Boromax. I'm glad you find the tomato with the blossom end rot appealing as I do too - though hesitated before putting it here. Fascinating to me as well as the colours is that the end with the rot is absolutely flat across instead of curved.

Lucy Corrander : Photos said...

Hello Susan. Yes. In a greenhouse on my allotment. We had an unusually hot summer and it was difficult to be completely consistent with watering so I lost four tomatoes to blossom end rot. When I say 'four' I mean just four fruits, not plants. As it's not a disease I was able to pick them off, photograph this one - and eat all the rest. (Still am. The smaller ones are ripening even in October, it's been such a good crop.)