Re: What's eating my tomatoes?
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  • Subject: Re: What's eating my tomatoes?
  • From: A*@aol.com
  • Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:08:47 -0400 (EDT)

Haven't seen anything like that. I did suspect slugs, since it's been so wet
and there are large ones around.
I guess I'll have to resort to ripening mine indoors, too, though there's 
nothing
quite as good as a vine-ripened tomato.
APL
 
In a message dated 8/15/2011 4:05:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
cathycrc@comcast.net writes:

While I would not rule out squirrels, I would consider invertebrates.  
While I have not bothered to try to definitively identify them, I have  
found critters of "squash bug" shape munching on mine. Have taken to  
picking mine early and ripening them indoors.
Cathy, west central IL, z5b

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