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bcday · July 22, 2009

I've had Bacterial Speck here and it doesn't cause the fruit to rot before it begins to ripen. The damage to fruit is mostly cosmetic with superficial raised black dots that don't go very far into the interior of the fruit. When the fruit begins to ripen, the area around the specks stays green. I think Bacterial Spot lesions also don't go much below the fruit skin and seldom cause the fruit to rot before it ripens.

If Pooklette's fruit is rotting while it's still green, I think something else must be infecting her plants. A good clear pic of the spots on the fruit would be helpful.

July 22, 2009	#8
bcday Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY z5 Posts: 1,205	I've had Bacterial Speck here and it doesn't cause the fruit to rot before it begins to ripen. The damage to fruit is mostly cosmetic with superficial raised black dots that don't go very far into the interior of the fruit. When the fruit begins to ripen, the area around the specks stays green. I think Bacterial Spot lesions also don't go much below the fruit skin and seldom cause the fruit to rot before it ripens. If Pooklette's fruit is rotting while it's still green, I think something else must be infecting her plants. A good clear pic of the spots on the fruit would be helpful.