Is it safe to eat

mayax68 · August 9, 2020

Hi all

I am suffering from invasion of birds and small critters who keep grazing my tomatoes. At this point I had not yet picked any tomatoes and lost 7-8 large beef stakes to critters. Is it safe to eat a tomato that had been poked by a bird or grazed on one side by some rodent( squirrel, chipmunk...), if I cut off the side impacted and leave only what is visibly not touched?

Thank am watching for a slight color to appear to beat the critters but we have had drought conditions and tomatoes attacked while still green

August 9, 2020	#1
mayax68 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USA, CT Posts: 106	Is it safe to eat Hi all I am suffering from invasion of birds and small critters who keep grazing my tomatoes. At this point I had not yet picked any tomatoes and lost 7-8 large beef stakes to critters. Is it safe to eat a tomato that had been poked by a bird or grazed on one side by some rodent( squirrel, chipmunk...), if I cut off the side impacted and leave only what is visibly not touched? Thank am watching for a slight color to appear to beat the critters but we have had drought conditions and tomatoes attacked while still green