Tomatoes

[junkyardcat]

One more question today:) My tomato plants are growing very tall, and I've got green ones all over the place. I've noticed several of them are splitting before they have a chance to ripen. And some have brown spots (and a few holes)...is this a disease or some kind of pest? I usually dust them with garden dust, but there are so many ladybugs on them this year that I'm afraid I'll kill them with the dust! Is there any product I can spray or dust the maters with that won't harm the ladybugs?

thanks! Angie

[Frank Logullo]

Splitting -too much water. Brown spots - blossom end rot - need calcium. Frank

[Frogleg]

Splitting can be the result of too much water or irregular watering.

Not every 'spot' on a tomato is blossom end rot. BEM is generally describe as 'blackening', not 'brown spots'. Holes would seem to indicate insect damage. There are a zillion, well, quite a few, web sites with descriptions and photos of various tomato diseases and problems.