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feffertim 08-27-2013 09:48 AM

tomato thief
 
Someone is stealing my tomatoes as soon as they turn green. I had about twenty beautiful green tomatoes coming along nicely and all of a sudden they were all gone. I put black netting over my plant and the second batch still disappeared. I hope whoever ate them gets a tummy ache from eating so many . LOL

Jingle 08-27-2013 09:56 AM

More than likely whom ever it was needed some moisture. Usually they wait until they start to turn red on the bottom end. Maybe someone likes fried green tomatoes.

Neesie 08-27-2013 01:54 PM

That's so disappointing! Is it happening at night? If so, can you shine a light on the vines?

Sandra in Minnesota 08-27-2013 03:23 PM

Maybe you could put a dish of water out for the critter. Maybe that's what they want??

alfosa421 08-27-2013 04:41 PM

I'll send you the groundhog that ate all our corn to keep it company!! Lol

barny 08-27-2013 04:45 PM

They ate our tomatoes turning pink. It was mockingbirds. They would fight to get through the nets.

Blue Bell 08-27-2013 05:20 PM

I know how you feel. I, too, lost my tomatoes last night. The deer jumped the fence and ate the tomatoes as well as the plants. The tomato harvest has been nil, and now there won't be any tomatoes, at all!

Chasing Hawk 08-27-2013 05:31 PM

Chickens! A neighbor of ours had some beautiful tomatoes almost ready to pick. Our chickens got loose and ate every one of them.

We had to laugh because we thought they were roosting for the night.

sparkys_mom 08-28-2013 03:56 AM

I saw something a long time ago where the tomato thief was a box turtle! These were cherry tomatoes.

celwood 08-28-2013 04:47 AM

Have you checked to see if it is tomato worms? I know that a couple of years ago I planted some tomato plants and looked at them before I ran some errands. When I came back all the tomatoes were gone. Found the worms on the plants. They can be very damaging.


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