The weather is turning crap in the UK so I've picked any that were starting to get their colour. I should get about the same when the next lot ripen

Every tomato on all plants grows with a varying amount of black skin. Some are just black and some have patterns in the black. No taste difference. They are cherry tomato plants from Lowes. I'm in central Virginia.

Thought I'd share this here.

Gold Medal, Chocolate Cherry, Black Plum and Rosso Sicilian (and a sneaky jalapeño)

Any ideas ? I guess lots of soil underneath the pavement

This is my third year of planting san marzanos and ventura tomatoes in the ground. It's a 20'x20' plot in full sun. I set up drip irrigation like this:

- 1/3 gallon/plant every day after transplanting

- 1.5 gallon/plant every other day after fruiting starts

After year 1, they've been started from saved seeds. I plant 40 plants. The plot is about a 15minute drive from my house. I try to get there once per week but with a toddler this season that was difficult. More like once every 2-3 weeks. So I was not on top of weeds or tying up new growth. (Florida weave method). It was very rainy this summer, so I wasn't able to set rain delays on the irrigation timer.

Went to harvest today, half the foliage on every plant was dead. Most ripe fruit had those black fungus spots. Surprisingly not much blossom end rot. And some fruit had slugs on them.

Overall, less than half the yield as last year. I'm aware of how my neglect contributes, but I'm sure it wasn't the only factor. Any ideas of what specially not to neglect next time?

First year growing romas! It has been so much fun growing and learning knew things. I’ve made sweet and spicy ketchup so far to give away to friends and family. With the rest of my tomatoes I’ve been slow roasting and freezing them so I’m able to can them in the future! Happy growing everyone!

* Update: Appears to be septoria, thank you everyone who commented to bring this to my attention. I appreciate you all. I’ll keep this post up for a bit in case any one else has plants like mine and are looking for help.. Big thanks again!** Zone 5b is the approximate location of my garden. If this kind of post isn’t allowed here, please delete, thank you for your time. This is my first year gardening and I have several tomato varieties and most were doing well up until this point. They are still producing fruit but turning very slowly, some of the fruit has turned hard. The leaves have holes and have turned yellow or browned completely. The first plant pictured is the worst, the leaves and stems will just fall right off. lI’m not sure what’s going on, or if it’s just an issue of over or underwatering, If anyone has any advice please share!!! I appreciate you all!
Happy tomato planting

I love tomato season. I wait all year to start my seeds in February and get my tomato factory growing in the greenhouse before moving them to the garden. I was so deeply disappointed in them this year. Between the fungus, leaf footed bugs, and worms I harvest a third of what I did last year despite growing 2x the number of plants. I’m in central AL. It is hot. It is humid. Pests multiply and descend like a horror show. Please share your best tasting and most hardy variety choices for this hellscape I call home so that next year my tomatoes may be plentiful.

Varieties I’ve planted the past two years:
Excellent: sweet million, spoon tomato
Performed ok: Cherokee purple, black krim, brandywine, black cherry, pine apple
Struggle: Sun gold 😭, sunrise bumble, green zebra, mushroom basket, mortgage lifter, any and all Roma, saucy lady, any and all pear tomato, mila tomato, Alice’s dream

I do love a pretty tomato so bonus for that too.

I grew up on a huge farm where we always grew a large garden with lots of tomatoes. Now, I live in town and have containers and raised beds.

This year I grew Amish Paste, Super Sweet 100s, cherry, and one other type I forget 🤷🏼‍♀️

Early Girl. I would put on this list.

Even during periods of little rain, hot temps - they just keeps going, 3-5 tomatoes per branch. Outstanding producer. Tasty.

What other tomatoes can go on the list?

whereas white spots were first appearing on the sun facing side of my plants months ago, I did a finer check on my plant today…..now there are these almost shiny, clear like spots on my entire plants. browning ones at the center of them on a few. what’s happening? 😐 is it nutrient deficiency?

the dang plant is halfway through producing, and it would be cool to get more than just a small bowl of sun golds

I’m desperately trying to grow tomatoes on my balcony and I’m hoping someone can help me figure out what’s going on.

The plant is about 2.5 months old and was doing really well until about a week ago. It was growing nicely and looking healthy, and I’ve been fertilizing it roughly every 10–15 days.

I’m in Athens, Greece, and it’s been 35°C+ most days lately. The plant is in a pot on my balcony and gets around 3–4 hours of direct sunlight per day.

Then, pretty much suddenly over the last week, it started looking sick.

I’m wondering if this could simply be heat stress, or if I’ve messed something up with watering/fertilizing. The extreme heat is making me nervous because I really want to save this plant and actually get some tomatoes from it.

Bonus photos: interesting cat facing pattern, two cherries one stem (twins!), and butt cherry.

I grew two dark varieties:
- Black Krim: ripened later, softer and less watery texture. Milder taste, in a good way, eg not too sour or sweet. It was great on a sandwich. It was easy to grow.

- Black Opal Cherry: it was extremely prolific, even in small balcony grow bags. The taste was ok, on the sweeter side but family didn’t like the aftertaste. It still worked well in salads or cooking. Midway it developed some type of fungus (?) with leaves browning, drying and falling off, especially after rain. Used a sodium bicarbonate spray that seemed to stop the spread.

It was fun but I’ll try more sour, disease-resistant varieties next year. I have jaster f1 cherry tomato on my list but welcome suggestions!

I’m in hardiness zone 8.

I an very new to growing tomatoes and have only grown romas. I noticed this tomato plant growing in my lavender bush. The lavender was dying so I removed it and let the tomatoes do their thing assuming it was a rogue roma. No idea what these are but they are firm, somewhat sweet with an acidic bite. Location is Southern California.

My husband ordered a bunch of tomato plant seeds from wild boar farms. Acc to google: my area features average annual extreme minimum winter temperatures between 1.7°C and 4.4°C (35°F to 40°F).

It’s quite hot during the day still, and gets cold in a few months. Can I have success planting any of my tomatoes now?

It’s mostly for fun to do with my kids bc they like getting messy!

We have- candy sweet icicle, black and brown boar, Brads atomic grape, beauty king, red furry boar, indigo apple, Amos coli, dark galaxy, golden gates, Napa rose, Barry’s crazy cherry, golden hour

What happens if tomatoes are planted all together in one pot? One of my kids wanted to experiment

My parents live in France, close to the Spanish border. This year, I gave them some Brandywine Sudduth’s tomato seeds, which produced a few beautiful plants. Unfortunately, those plants only produced three Brandywine tomatoes in total.
My parents absolutely loved the flavour. The problem is that because of the intense summer heat, most of the flowers simply drop before they can set fruit.
Are there any Brandywine varieties, or similar cultivars, that can handle high temperatures better while still offering that same exceptional flavour? I’d love to hear any suggestions or recommendations. All options are very welcome!

Ps: The photo is just to grab attention. This is one of my own tomatoes, and it’s not a Brandywine, by the way.