Yellow Tomatoes

[kraxlhuber]

have planted tomatoes from the local seed store,a variety which is big,round ,red and fleshy,according to the pix,and description on the sachet.

Now after 2 months growt,the tomatoes just dont ripe,some fall of the branches but still a lot are just hanging on.

What can cause such a odd growt?

The other planted tomatoes are ripened (and eaten ) already,the seed from another source, the soil about the same,watering,fertilizer about the same(very little EM)

I did not try to eat the yellow tomatoes,why?,just dont know.

Could it be that they degenerated,in Italy tomatoes are called Pomadoro,yellow apples,or gold apples??

I have posted previously that Tomatoes and Potatoes come from the same family,amazing isnt it

Edited May 1, 2010 by kraxlhuber

[slapout]

Try eating one, you may have a yellow variety tomato plant, not unheard of for seed packet to be contaminated. I have seen tomato/potato combo plants in the US, they were planted more as conversation peice than for quality/quantity.

[getgoin]

I'm not the expert but from what I understand some varieties are grown better at higher altitudes.

[rice555]

Hello kraxlhuber, your yellow tomatoes are from red tomato seed?

Tomatoes can be effected by 'high temps' which interrupts the production

of a chemical that turns it red in the ripening process.

The other problems, pictures would help in understanding whats going on.

I had problems with some of my O-P tomatoes this year also, one thats

can go over 500grs(not in LOS), but it was a yellow-orangeish blemish look,

not the red it should have been, but we had 10 days at 100F+.

But the Black Cherry toms were great.

rice555

[soidog2]

Hello kraxlhuber, your yellow tomatoes are from red tomato seed?

Tomatoes can be effected by 'high temps' which interrupts the production

of a chemical that turns it red in the ripening process.

The other problems, pictures would help in understanding whats going on.

I had problems with some of my O-P tomatoes this year also, one thats

can go over 500grs(not in LOS), but it was a yellow-orangeish blemish look,

not the red it should have been, but we had 10 days at 100F+.

But the Black Cherry toms were great.

rice555

From my garden, ripe yellow, black & red tomatoes.

Greenish/yellow is an immature color, wait out the remaining ones.

Best

Edited May 7, 2010 by soidog2

[rice555]

Hello kraxihuber, was you yellow tom sort of this color? This is caused by

high heat. Sun scald also tends to look like the lighter color, but

more of a tannish color, but is more of a patch, not streaked.

#1 picture.

The #2 picture is from the O/L seed catalog, FL, USA.

This tom is: Giant Belgium #5520 Developed in Ohio, this variety is

distinctive for its fruit that averages 2 lbs., but has been known to grow

to an enormous 5 lbs. Tomatoes are dark pink and solid meat with smooth

blossom ends and a delicious sweet flavor. Some folks make wine

from these very sweet tomatoes. Indeterminate. 90 days.

I was laid up with a leg problem so I didn't feed the tom's but 1

time a week, these were being grown in coir by hydroponic. The

plants were just hosed down with water every day(6-days).

Without food every day, very little growth, the Black Cherry next

to the Giant B. #3 picture. Both tom's(12 plants) were under a 30'

mango tree, they got 1-hour of early morning direct sunlight, the

rest was quite filtered.

Still not the color of the catalog picture, this was 2/26/10 and we

didn't really have HOT weather yet.

I started to feed the plants 1 time a day(not the normal 3 times)

and extra water(3/10/10) as the days started to get hotter.

The #4 picture is of the inside, very small seed cavity.

The Black Cherry's have been great performers, started growing

them 8 years ago, never a problem with the heat.

rice555