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Old July 8, 2010   #15
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Tomato plants can fight through bacterial pith necrosis especially during warm, sunny weather, however you can still end up with NASTY tasting tomatoes, some with black inside, others without. Been there, done that. . . hope that isn't your problem. Totally heartbreaking! You can google it to find a picture. Good luck.
Heather, when you posted above about pith necrosis I was surprised b'c while I've never had that disease I know about it and it affects primarily the pith inside the stems, as I know you know.

So I checked my tomato pathology book and a couple of sites online and yes, it can also cause black areas on primarily green fruits on the exterior, but no mention was made of internal black.

What have I missed here?

And as you also said, with which I agree, that it's a rare disease, which is so very true.
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