Garden Pests and Diseases: Mystery of the Disappearing Green Tomatoes, 0 by DreamOfSpring

DreamOfSpring wrote:
My patio bush tomato was loaded down with some 6-8 medium large green tomatoes, and I was just waiting to reel them in. I could already taste those lightly salted tomato slices. Then one day as I waited for them to turn red, I noticed that 1/2 of one of them was missing, having apparently been scarfed up by some mysterious creature - and trust me there are many strange creatures around here. Over the next week or so, the tomatoes disappeared, slowly, one at a time. Now the tomato bush is completely bare!

BTW, the bush tomato is in a very large patio planter with 3 grape tomatoes. Strangely enough, the tomato theif has never touched any of the grape tomatoes but has eaten every single one of the regular size tomatoes. Any ideas as to what sort of creature is doing this and how to prevent it?

Below is a picture a 1/2 eaten green tomato left on the ground by the plant.