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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2016
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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? |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
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Horn worm?
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2016
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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.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: 6a - NE Tennessee
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Well, I don't think it's Blossom End Rot 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.
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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). |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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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.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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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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