[Anton 2]

Just checking to see how all you crimson  crush growers are faring with all this rain.
After getting off to a slow start because of the cold and rain (it has hardly ever stopped here in Belgium) my tomatoes are looking fairly good.

Three other gardeners, who grow their tomatoes, not crimson crush, inside those green plastic contratptions, have seen their tomatoes hit badly by blight.
The only sign on my tomatoes, so far, is one tomato turning a bit brown at the bottom. Should I remove that, do you think?

Apart from that, some of the bottom leaves are turning a bit yellow, as in the case of a lot of plants as summer draws to a close.
The waist-high plants are extremely bushy. Do think I should cut back some of the foliage at this stage?
Thanks in advance for your comments.

[New shoot]

They are blight resistant but not totally immune from it, so yes I would remove the brown tomato and keep a close eye on the plant.

I let mine grow pretty much as they wish, but they are outside on my plot, so I don’t care about them looking neat. The leaves feed the plant, so I don’t remove them unless I think they look diseased or they yellow and die off.

Mine cropped heavily last year, so I have my fingers crossed for the same this year 

[Anton 2]

Thanks for your reply.
Mine are outside on a shared plot as well.
Yes, I had a bumper crop last year, too.

Fingers crossed.

[Potterer]

Hi, yes I had a blackened tomato on my crimson crush (or might be blush) and removed it maybe a week ago. I am taking off any suspect leaves and so far all of the plants seem to be surviving well. Not sure how the current rain is going to affect things, but I'll keep a close eye on them I think

[janeblackcat]

This is the third year I have grown Crimson Crush and the first two years they were absolutely blight free and the crop was huge. They were doing well until a few days ago but now devastated by blight. I have removed all except the very top leaves and any affected tomato. The stems are badly affected. They are grafted plants from the same reputable supplier as previous years.

[Potty Plotty Lotty]

Mine are doing well and had the first harvest from them yesterday (they are outdoors on the plot).

No issues yet. Last year I grew them along side Sky-o-mish which has some blight resistance. These succumbed to blight while the CC were fine.

[Growster...]

The odd blackened tom may just have succumbed to blossom end rot, Anton, and even then you can use the nice bit after a bit of surgery!

I have several looking like that, and just let them ripen before harvesting, then chop off the bad bit  - it usually works!

I'm peering at all our toms (35 plants) almost hourly, as they're chums and need some support in this awful summer...

[Anton 2]

My tomatoes are fine but they refuse to lose their green colour. As soon as one starts to turn yellow I usually place it on the window ledge inside the house to ripen. Some of the leaves at the bottom of the plants are yellowish with brown spots. I keep cutting them off.

You bought them as plants, janeblackcat? It takes too long for the plants to reach Belgium, (they look terribly bedraggled when they arrive) so I buy seeds? Fortunately I bought too many packets prior to Brexit because they are not allowed to export them to the continent anymore.