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neoguy · August 11, 2009

Forgive me for the belated thanks for the replies. The problem still exists, but a far lesser extent. I have the first couple of unaffected fruit blushing and I can't wait to taste them.

I've ruled out BER and tomato hornworms. I doubt the cause is from birds as the affected fruit are/were buried under a heavy canopy of leaves (double planted). I suppose the culprit could be slugs or other small critter.

Any ideas on how high a slug can climb a stem or tomato cage? All the affected fruit were at least 15"-30" of the ground.

August 11, 2009	#6
neoguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 610	Forgive me for the belated thanks for the replies. The problem still exists, but a far lesser extent. I have the first couple of unaffected fruit blushing and I can't wait to taste them. I've ruled out BER and tomato hornworms. I doubt the cause is from birds as the affected fruit are/were buried under a heavy canopy of leaves (double planted). I suppose the culprit could be slugs or other small critter. Any ideas on how high a slug can climb a stem or tomato cage? All the affected fruit were at least 15"-30" of the ground.