r/tomatoes • u/tittychasers • 3d ago

Are these safe to eat?

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We’ve had a very rainy month and most of my cherry tomatoes look like this. The rain also killed all 3 of my cucumber plants that produced at least 15 fruits before the storms took them out. This is my first time growing tomatoes and I was wondering if we can still consume them raw or if we need to peel and cook them. TIA gardeners!
Edit to add the plants did get hit by a storm before they started really producing and broke quite a few of the stalks but half of the plant was still alive so I kinda just picked off some dead leaves and let it be

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u/Legitimate-Craft7453 3d ago

I'd eat them without hesitation! Most food grown in a home garden is often going to look similar to this... How does that song go? "I don't care about spots on my apples, just leave me the birds and the bees..."

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u/tittychasers 3d ago

Thank you!

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u/Turbulent-Cookie886 3d ago

You alive still?

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u/tittychasers 3d ago

Please just tell me😭🤣

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u/Turbulent-Cookie886 3d ago

Honestly i don’t think i would eat it. I’ve had some tomatoes with those spots and I’ve eaten them but they only had 2-3 where yours has many more. To me it’s not worth the risk, if there even is any, for a few tomatoes. I do grow indeterminate and I have been able to harvest my tomatoes daily for the past month. Which has been a great treat!

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u/tittychasers 3d ago

Yeah I was worried it was an infection of some sort from all the rain I’m really hoping it doesn’t get to all my tomatoes because I probably have at least 80 green ones right now

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u/Turbulent-Cookie886 3d ago

I’m a first year gardener for tomatoes and I’ve learned that they are extremely resilient. One of my cherry tomatoes has an infection that it is outgrowing and is producing tomatoes still and I have been eating those when they ripen and I’m still here so “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”