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wxgirl33 · June 5, 2011

Hi! This is my first attempt at growing tomatoes and I've had to throw out 3 already due to black, rotten spots on the bottom of the fruit. The plant is a big beef hybrid and is planted in moisture control potting soil. It gets about 5 hours of hot sunlight a day and I give it 56 oz of water a day. There were some bugs on the plant a couple of weeks ago, so I used a popular pesticide dust, but I am still getting black spots on the new fruits. Am I watering too much or is this caused by a bug or a disease? Thanks!

June 5, 2011	#1
wxgirl33 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 2	Black rotten spots on bottom of fruit? Hi! This is my first attempt at growing tomatoes and I've had to throw out 3 already due to black, rotten spots on the bottom of the fruit. The plant is a big beef hybrid and is planted in moisture control potting soil. It gets about 5 hours of hot sunlight a day and I give it 56 oz of water a day. There were some bugs on the plant a couple of weeks ago, so I used a popular pesticide dust, but I am still getting black spots on the new fruits. Am I watering too much or is this caused by a bug or a disease? Thanks!