Tomato Diseases

Farmers in Florida make Florida, commercially speaking, the #1 fresh tomato production state. In 2018, sales of tomatoes grown in Florida amounted to just over $344 million, making it the second-most money-producing fruit after oranges ($701,855,000 in 2018). And yet, gardeners in Florida often struggle to grow tomatoes.  It makes sense, then, for the home…

If there are plenty of rainy days after the growing season where you are begins then those rainy days shift over to dry at the time your tomatoes are setting, be on the lookout for blossom-end rot (BER). The damage can start to occur when your tomatoes are approaching halfway to maturity. The damage appears…