{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 263 It's Not a Disease! Common Tomato Fruit Problems You Can't Spray Away | #GoodGrowing","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2504,"description":"Tomatoes may be the most popular garden crop, but they can also be the most frustrating. If your tomatoes are cracking, developing black spots on the bottom, refusing to ripen, or showing strange yellow shoulders, you're not alone. In this episode, Chris and Ken dig into the most common tomato fruit disorders caused by weather, watering, heat, and nutrient imbalances. We also discuss late-season tomato care, including topping plants, ripening green tomatoes indoors, and cleaning up the garden to reduce problems next year. \nSkip to what you want to know:\n00:42 Hey Ken! Where are we making our tomato problem observations this year?  \n04:09 Ken has tomato fruitworm (corn earworm), and he's proud of it.  \n05:33 What's a psychological disorder?  \n08:06 Tomato fruit cracking  \n11:45 Tomato yellow shoulder  \n13:27 White core of tomatoes  \n16:00 Blossom-end rot  \n21:00 Tomatoes are not ripening, or there are no tomatoes even though there are flowers  \n29:50 Late-season tomato maintenance  \n30:14 Topping tomatoes  \n33:22 Tomato plant full of green tomatoes with a frost imminent  \n35:17 Cleaning up the tomatoes from the garden at the end of the season\nTroubles with Tomatoes https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2020-05-01-troubles-tomatoes\nStalled Green Tomatoes: Why won’t they turn red? https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2025-08-29-stalled-green-tomatoes-why-wont-they-turn-red\nContact us! \nChris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu\nKen Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu \nEmily Swihart: eswihart@illinois.edu \nCheck out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing\nSubscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe\nAny products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies.\nBarnyard Bash: freesfx.co.uk \n--\nYou can find us on most podcast platforms.  \niTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377     \nTunein -...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xc4SReNXKRjN_Y7N9jxy35n4ic5x1A4QozuI4WJcAVA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82OTg0/ZDFmZjg4NWEzNmQ4/YjJlYjliNTgyODAw/N2I3Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}