Holes in tomatoes

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jarigo

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Holes in tomatoes
« on: October 12, 2013, 15:10 »
I  have found small holes about the size of a matchstick on some of my tomatoes and was wondering what is eating them.

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mumofstig

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Re: Holes in tomatoes
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2013, 15:39 »
It may be the tomato moth caterpillar damage  :unsure:

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A Reyt Tayty

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Re: Holes in tomatoes
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2013, 09:07 »
I've had a few like that. I reckon it's tiny little slugs that are the culprit.

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jarigo

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Re: Holes in tomatoes
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2013, 10:16 »
Many thanks for your replies folks.

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Re: Holes in tomatoes
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2013, 21:41 »
I've had this problem on around half of my tomato plants. I wasn't sure what they were at first, but found I had a mini infestation of caterpillars eating their way through the leaves and fruit. In the end I picked all my tomatoes (green and red) just so I had any crop at all.

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Re: Holes in tomatoes
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2013, 10:53 »
i had a problem with massive caterpillars, little bu**ers.

they seem to eat a little bit of a lot of fruits, but never seen a fruit been anywhere close to quarter eaten.

the tell tale for me was droppings on the leaves, looks a bit like greener mouse droppings.


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