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What's wrong with these tomatoes please.

Waterlily24
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https://imgur.com/FUHjdwX

Can anyone tell me what's wrong with these please.

They are Ailsa Craig growing in growbags. We have several different varieties growing and the all seem to be OK.

Had a look in a 'Be Your Own Vegetable Doctor' and nothing looks like this.

Thanks

Pam
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  • unrecordings
    unrecordings Posts: 2,017 Forumite
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    Yikes
    I've had a few Ailsa Craig go a liitle like that in the past - looks like it could be catfacing - if so then it'll be down to the cooler weather after that hot spell

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  • Farway
    Farway Posts: 13,198 Forumite
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    They'll still be edible, just a bit ugly
    Eight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens
  • Camomile
    Camomile Posts: 90 Forumite
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    Fruit like this usually comes from fused flowers
  • unrecordings
    unrecordings Posts: 2,017 Forumite
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    Camomile wrote: »
    Fruit like this usually comes from fused flowers

    Interesting to know - I feel an experiment coming on (when it stops raining)

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  • Waterlily24
    Waterlily24 Posts: 1,328 Forumite
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    Thanks Camomile, I've looked up fused flowers and can only find glass fused flowers lol. Can you tell me what they are please?
  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,557 Forumite
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    As unrecordings said - No. 6 on this list -
    https://www.saferbrand.com/articles/common-tomato-plant-problems-how-to-fix-them
  • Camomile
    Camomile Posts: 90 Forumite
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    Look up tomato megablooms or I think I saw the description deflected tomatoes somewhere. It is abnormal flower resulting in fruit looking a bit wonky. Nothing wrong with the fruit, still edible.
  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,557 Forumite
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    Camomile wrote: »
    Look up tomato megablooms or I think I saw the description deflected tomatoes somewhere. It is abnormal flower resulting in fruit looking a bit wonky. Nothing wrong with the fruit, still edible.

    Fasciation occurs in a range of plants and, as you say, there's nothing wrong with the flower and fruit apart from the strange shapes it causes but I don't think that's the reason in the case.
  • Camomile
    Camomile Posts: 90 Forumite
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    I must say I googled catfacing,didn’t know the the word.
    I’ve grown tomatoes for about 12 years now and only had the problem with big/medium varieties of tomatoes, never with cherry ones.
    I’m in the Highlands of Scotland where temperatures even in the summer are much lower than in England so I found it interesting that some plants would be affected and some not.
  • unrecordings
    unrecordings Posts: 2,017 Forumite
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    I'll just leave this here then - it's an Ailsa Craig grown in South Yorkshire...

    P1070034.JPG

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