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Old July 9, 2014   #1
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Default Spongy Brandywines

I have a Brandywine (Sudduth) with 23 tomatoes set and growing. The plant is 8 feet tall, and very robust. I noticed this evening that many of the tomatoes are now spongy, like they are shrinking inside. The skin is loose on a few of them. The rest of the plant looks fine. I water every morning, although it is blazing hot here in SC daily. Has anyone seen this? Thanks!!!
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Old July 10, 2014   #2
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Pics? It's hard to tell what the problem is.
I've had some time in a very hot period some bigger tomatoes get kinda shriveled on one side (the one towards the sun).
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Pics would help. Sounds like sun scald possibly.
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In years past, when it was super hot and the fruits were in the direct sun in the heat of the day, I have had some that almost felt cooked when I went to pick. This wasn't sun scald, but more like they had been boiled; just a skin with mush inside, and it happened in just a couple of days when the temp was well over 100 and the fruit had no foliage covering.
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Thanks guys- it turns out that it was just a dehydration problem. I watered it down really good last night, and this morning, the tomato skins are tight as a drum! This heat is just something else!
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