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Is this a tomato disease?

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
in Fruit & veg
There are blotches under the skin of some tomatoes and when cut open there's white under the surface of the blotch 

In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I wouldn’t be concerned about that. I’d probably not even notice 😉 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    That was quick. Thank you @Dovefromabove
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The second coffee had arrived 😉 
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    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Possibly a bit of sunburn if that side of the fruit has too much sun next to glass. Harmless.
  • diggersjodiggersjo Posts: 172
    Sunburn looks a good one. Under the skin like that I would not suspect shield bugs (fortunately not many here) or any other bug. Varied temperature (too high/low) , nutrient deficiency or poor drainage perhaps? 
    Yorkshire, ex Italy and North East coast. Growing too old for it!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Not much sun but did see a shield bug. What do they do under the skin?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • diggersjodiggersjo Posts: 172
    Shield bug sucks out the juice to feed. Was it green or brown? Not too sure I've ever seen the latter on my toms, but the former can reek havoc if in great numbers (not yet in the UK, well not Yorkshire).
    Yorkshire, ex Italy and North East coast. Growing too old for it!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited August 2023
    That's ok. I don't mind sharing so long as they don't lay eggs there. Although we haven't had much sun, when we did, it was very hot. So I think sunburn is probably it . Not green or brown but opaque yellow.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • diggersjodiggersjo Posts: 172

    Shield bugs (I know as stinky bugs) can decimate tomatoes in a bad year (not the case ever in the UK that I know of) as they lay many clutches of eggs on the plant, babies hatch out and start feeding. Before you know it they are around 1cm long and sitting in large numbers of the toms. A month or two later (in hotter climes) the tomatoes go mushy where they have eaten and are in many cases ruined. I’ve never noticed those that we recued tasted any different and we are still here… That looks very, very minor damage and I somehow doubt it’s the stinky bugs…


    Yorkshire, ex Italy and North East coast. Growing too old for it!
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    Nothing to worry about, some of mine have that every year, I just put it down to growing/weather conditions. Just cut off that bit and all will be fine.  B)
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