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Tomato fruit scarring #478800

Asked August 16, 2018, 9:13 PM EDT

I have several tomato plants. One or two of them look fine and have tomatoes on them that are scarred, change color and get hard/ stop growing. What causes this? Thanks!

Hennepin County Minnesota

Expert Response

They have a virus. http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/DiagnosticKeys/TomWlt/TomWiltKey.html

Evelyn Locke, MN Master Gardener, Tree Care Advisor, Volunteer Replied August 18, 2018, 3:49 PM EDT

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Tomato fruit scarring #478800

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