Lines inside tomatos

[jonohanson]

I have some lines inside of my harvested tomatoes, 2 tomatoes off different plants (same variety) when I have cut them open. They are the first harvested toms (lots more nearly there) and they taste fine, a little pulpy but I always find that on the first to ripen toms!

I searched the web and found exactly what I have, but there was no real answer there either. I did suffer with a little watering problem earlier in the year(some blossom ot early on), and my plants are not the healthiest this year (some sort of grey mould) but they are still growing fine.

Mine are exactly the same as these - https://www.helpfulgardener.com/foru...p?f=15&t=55724

Any advice most welcomed

[Jungle Jane]

I usually cut black bits out of fruit & veg,I doubt it would be harmful its tiny I don't know,a symptom of fungal wilt is xylem vascular discolouration -
"In fungal infections, as long as the host is alive, wilt-causing pathogens remain in the vascular (xylem) tissue and some surrounding cells"
http://extension.wsu.edu/sanjuan/wp-...erialWilts.doc

You can remove the lower leaves of tomato plants especially if they're near the ground? If you've got grey mould that could be fusarium wilt have you removed the leaves so it doesn't spread to healthy plants?

[jonohanson]

I usually cut black bits out of fruit & veg,I doubt it would be harmful its tiny I don't know,a symptom of fungal wilt is xylem vascular discolouration -
"In fungal infections, as long as the host is alive, wilt-causing pathogens remain in the vascular (xylem) tissue and some surrounding cells"
http://extension.wsu.edu/sanjuan/wp-...erialWilts.doc

You can remove the lower leaves of tomato plants especially if they're near the ground? If you've got grey mould that could be fusarium wilt have you removed the leaves so it doesn't spread to healthy plants?

Thanks for the reply, yes I have removed as many leaves as I now dare, if I see a healthy leaf get infected I remove the branch.

Very interesting the info above, they did taste fine but i'll just cut any bits out

Thanks for the reply.

[Jungle Jane]

I don't know if a plants pathogens would affect us,it's probably fine to eat our digestive system would probably destroy anything although people with a weakened immune system might get ill I don't know except in this link it says you can eat affected tomatoes/potatoes-
"Fusarium is generally darker and progresses further up the stem than streaking caused by Verticillium. Infected potato tubers may also show similar vascular discoloration occurring in rings, especially near the stem end (Figure 2). Although discolored, the tubers are safe to eat."
https://www.extension.umn.edu/garden...-and-potatoes/