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ShadowCat Cocoa, FL(Zone 9b) Feb 01, 2002

What causes hard white or colorless spots around the outside of tomatoes?

Any ideas?

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oblambert (Zone 6a) Feb 01, 2002

could be slugs eating on them

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ShadowCat Cocoa, FL(Zone 9b) Feb 01, 2002

Well, I think I've solved it after all. This type of damage is done by stinkbugs. They insert their mouth parts (ugh!) below the tomato skin and suck out the tomato sap. The empty cells creat a hard, colorless spot. While the tomato doesn't look very good, it's still edible.

Thanks, Oblambert, for your response.

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