Bitter Tomatoes

well I've picked my tomatoes and tried them and they have a really bad taste very disappointing, anyone know why? They were small cherry ones.

 

Im going to have to pass on this one as I have no idea why cherry toms should be bitter.
I sure somewhere out there we have an answer
robert

 

Were the plants or fruit distorted in any way?

Very slight exposure to certain weedkillers can cause strange tasting toms, but usually the plant would show signs as well.

Its just an idea.

 

It is simply lack of sun.

The fruit need sunshine, not heat. to turn the starch into sugars and we have had very little in July.
(That is why the tomatoes bought in supermarkets are tasteless, they get lots of heat)

I grow beef tomatoes and they started to fruit in the middle of June.
The tomatoes were very sweet then, but as the so called summer has gone on, with lack of sunshine the tomatoes have just lost all their taste!

What we need is some long ours of sunshine, as do the holiday resorts!

Cheers!

 

Makka bakka hit the nail on the head. Direct sunlight to the tomato is what gives it its sweetness (meaning the actual fruit not the plant).

 

sunshine that is
mine toms are very tasty though, they ripen nicely in the warmth
depends on variety and every little factor as well,

 

Hope you washed them first , could be the next door,s cat.
Only joking , not sure never come across this problem.
Can only think it is somthing that has got onto the toms ie chemical of some sort.