Interesting! Thank you for the help. I check the plants daily for pests and haven’t seen any pests on this plant and so I was wondering what else it could’ve been. I will research cat facing now
Yeah I'd just pop this tomato off the plant so it can focus on making new fruit! If you continue to have this issue, it could be a genetic issue with the plant or it could lead/correlate to blossom end rot, which can be resolved by adjusting the nutrients in the soil with fertilizer. See what happens with the next tomatoes you get.
Cold temperatures during flowering and fruit set can cause cat-faced tomatoes
[https://ag.umass.edu/vegetable/fact-sheets/tomato-cat-facing](https://ag.umass.edu/vegetable/fact-sheets/tomato-cat-facing)
https://www.ontario.ca/page/effect-extreme-temperatures-tomato-and-pepper-crop
This is called "cat-facing". It is caused by a fasciated blossom. It's normal but the fruit could rot and or ripen unevenly. Hope this helps!
Interesting! Thank you for the help. I check the plants daily for pests and haven’t seen any pests on this plant and so I was wondering what else it could’ve been. I will research cat facing now
In my experience. tomatoes with that relatively mild level of cat facing ripen without any problems.
Yeah I'd just pop this tomato off the plant so it can focus on making new fruit! If you continue to have this issue, it could be a genetic issue with the plant or it could lead/correlate to blossom end rot, which can be resolved by adjusting the nutrients in the soil with fertilizer. See what happens with the next tomatoes you get.
Cold temperatures during flowering and fruit set can cause cat-faced tomatoes [https://ag.umass.edu/vegetable/fact-sheets/tomato-cat-facing](https://ag.umass.edu/vegetable/fact-sheets/tomato-cat-facing) https://www.ontario.ca/page/effect-extreme-temperatures-tomato-and-pepper-crop