Lowest tom might be okay, but the other two I would throw.... I see conflicting information on the web whereby the RHS is saying the southern shield bug is not fully established in the UK and our native does not cause damage (which I would believe to be right). However those toms look like stinky bug damage. By the way I believe they inject the tome to soften them up to a liquid drink... Where I was previously there were 1000s at times, hence my dislike of a creature I did think as quite cute! Oddly enough after my last post on the subject I spotted a baby one on the beans, abroad they never bothered with the beans.
Yorkshire, ex Italy and North East coast. Growing too old for it!
The ones with multiple spots seem to rot quickly so I've been dumping them when they look suspect. I've got way more tomatoes than I need so any excuse but it's good to know that the ones I keep aren't going to poison me.
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