Is it OK to eat tomatoes from...

Tomatovator · July 30, 2008

plants that have TSWV? I have several plants that look like they have TSWV but they also have 8 to 10 big tomatoes on them that I would like to pick. Can I eat them with no ill effects?

shelleybean · July 30, 2008

I never ate any of mine. The one year I didn't listen to people and left my infected plants in, the fruits developed some bulls eye type rings on the skin. Every year after that, I've pulled my plants as soon as I diagnosed the TSWV so I never saw any ripened fruit. But I have heard you can save seed from mature fruit with the virus and it'll be fine.

July 30, 2008	#1
Tomatovator Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Zone 6 Posts: 461	Is it OK to eat tomatoes from... plants that have TSWV? I have several plants that look like they have TSWV but they also have 8 to 10 big tomatoes on them that I would like to pick. Can I eat them with no ill effects?

July 30, 2008	#2
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	I never ate any of mine. The one year I didn't listen to people and left my infected plants in, the fruits developed some bulls eye type rings on the skin. Every year after that, I've pulled my plants as soon as I diagnosed the TSWV so I never saw any ripened fruit. But I have heard you can save seed from mature fruit with the virus and it'll be fine. __________________ Michele