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Growing => Growing in Greenhouses & Polytunnels => Topic started by: smellykipper on September 19, 2013, 08:28

Title: toms green and soft/mouldy
Post by: smellykipper on September 19, 2013, 08:28
is it time for me to chuck the plants away as they are going mouldy  :( my yellow toms are just starting to turn from green to yellow though  :)
Title: Re: toms green and soft/mouldy
Post by: mumofstig on September 19, 2013, 08:43
sounds like botrytis :unsure:

You can cut off all the foliage that has brown or grey markings on, and the bad fruit, obviously. This might give enough time for the rest of the toms to ripen on the plants.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/advice/pests_and_diseases/identifier.shtml?grey_mould
Title: Re: toms green and soft/mouldy
Post by: smellykipper on September 19, 2013, 09:48
sounds like botrytis :unsure:

You can cut off all the foliage that has brown or grey markings on, and the bad fruit, obviously. This might give enough time for the rest of the toms to ripen on the plants.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/advice/pests_and_diseases/identifier.shtml?grey_mould

yup, thats the one  :(

thankyou
Title: Re: toms green and soft/mouldy
Post by: devonbarmygardener on September 19, 2013, 15:04
Mine's definitely got a bit of botrytis here and there - I just chop the affected bits off and the rest of the plant seems to do ok ;)
Title: Re: toms green and soft/mouldy
Post by: smellykipper on September 19, 2013, 16:37
 ::) i got a bit annoyed and now i only have one plant  :wub: i do have lots of green toms though ???
Title: Re: toms green and soft/mouldy
Post by: JayG on September 19, 2013, 17:24
If they are of a good size (for the variety) and have started to turn colour as you suggest you should be able to ripen them OK in a warm place indoors.