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gimmieToms July 18, 2018 08:08 PM

Any idea ........
 
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.......what this is?
It’s not BER. I’m wondering if something was trying to eat it. There’s one on the other side too. Just this one tomato. Any ideas?

Cole_Robbie July 18, 2018 10:52 PM

Horn worm?

zipcode July 19, 2018 03:57 AM

[QUOTE=gimmieToms;708683]
It’s not BER.[/QUOTE]
It is BER.

gimmieToms July 22, 2018 08:02 PM

I know what BER is, and have had a few tomatoes get it. There is zero black on this, and a corresponding hole on the other side. It started as a hole, and then formed this skin across it.

ContainerTed July 22, 2018 08:13 PM

Well, I don't think it's [B]B[/B]lossom [B]E[/B]nd [B]R[/B]ot either. I think it's the healed over damage from a hornworm or possibly a bird. It doesn't seem to favor sun scald. Here at the Muddy Bucket Farm, we generally cut out the damaged part and eat the rest (one way or another) when it gets ripe.

zipcode July 23, 2018 03:20 AM

[QUOTE=gimmieToms;709149]I know what BER is, and have had a few tomatoes get it. There is zero black on this, and a corresponding hole on the other side. It started as a hole, and then formed this skin across it.[/QUOTE]

Ok, the picture does not show things very well shot from the front. I just now see that it is a hole, at first look it totally looked flat.
Yeah, probably a caterpillar kind of thing. Not sure if you have them there, but tomato moths are quite common around here, and their caterpillars make similar looking holes in the tomato (usually near the stem end however).

ContainerTed July 23, 2018 09:18 AM

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The critter you describe sounds like a hornworm. They eat the foliage and as much of the fruits (usually still green) as they can consume in their short lives. I've had two so far this year, and both were about 4 inches long and as big around as the end of my pinky finger. Here's a picture of a smaller one from my archives.

Nan_PA_6b July 24, 2018 10:36 PM

Sorry, but it looks like catfacing to me. No pest; just a fused blossom making a fused tomato with faults.
Nan


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