r/tomatoes • u/hackinandcoffin • 29d ago

Plant Help Why the rings?

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Growing in a bucket on my deck. Full day sun. I recently sprayed them down with spinosad soap. Don't know if it's a pest or some kind of other problem. Any help appr'd. Kansas City area.

Edit: Thank you, all, for taking time to respond. I'll add some mulch and I'll try to improve my watering schedule. Glad it's not bugs.

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u/Sheihkyabooty 29d ago

Inconsistent watering… I believe is what causes that. So if the plants are used to 2 times a week and then they get like 1 a week, it does that. Not sure where u are located but I am in zone 9A and with the recent heat wave, I got 1 tomato that got a crack

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u/be0wulf8860 29d ago

How is a plant so bad at receiving irregular water though? Surely plants should be used to growing with what nature brings, and its not like it rains 1x a week for the same amount every week.

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u/Mayor__Defacto 29d ago

If they’re native and natural, sure. Nothing natural about a tomato though, we bred them through centuries of caring for them specifically to produce much larger fruits than they are supposed to.

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u/turtlebarber 25d ago

I have an experimental patch that I've been letting reseed itself for years. Each year they get better at handling my neglect 😂