I am growing tomatoes for the first time this year and thought things were going well. The first two tomatoes that started to ripen had brown, hard spots on the bottom of them. I picked them, just in case I could stop something from hurting the other tomatoes. I am noticing that there are one or two other green tomatoes on the vine that now have these brown spots. I did make the mistake of putting 4 plants into one large pot (I know that was a "no no") - Is this blossom rot? Or something else? What can I do to make sure the rest of my tomatoes don't get this?
Thanks for your help.

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Tina

Tina,

Yup, sounds like blossom end rot to me. This can happen when there are large fluctuations in temperature or amount of water. Some varieties like paste/sauce tomatoes are more prone to BER and also container plants due to changing water needs. The tomatoes are fine and plants around them won't "catch" it, you can cut off the icky parts and eat or process the rest.

Hope that helps ;o)

Julianna

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