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[-] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 47 points 1 year ago

Friendly mod reminder not to eat things on the advice of strangers on the internet.

[-] Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org 26 points 1 year ago

Is it safe to eat?

Only one way to find out, let us know how it goes!

Honestly, it just looks like some surface punctures/abrasions that dried up, at least the ones on past peppers looked about like that. I'd check it for pests once you're inside but it should be fine to cut around those bits and enjoy.

[-] longshaden@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

yup, feed it to the cat, and observe what happens....

/s

[-] memfree@beehaw.org 20 points 1 year ago

To me, those look like bug bites. I can tell you it is not late blight. If the rest of the plant has issue, it might be alternaria canker: https://plantpath.ifas.ufl.edu/u-scout/tomato/alternaria-stem-canker.html

I am not an expert. I'm surely missing other possibilities. I expect it will look good on the inside, and if so, I would eat it, but I am not known for my food safety in matters like this.

[-] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago

A likely culprit may be stinkbugs feeding if they're common in your area. The wounds on the fruit don't look like hornworm or fruit worm damage I've seen. There may be other egg-laying pests in your region, so if anything is off about it inside the fruit please don't eat it.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Hell no that isn’t safe to eat!

How did you ancestors survive for 5 billion years with instincts like that?

[-] snowbell@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago
[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago
[-] lol3droflxp@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

For the most part of the 5 billion years your ancestors were the same

[-] NotAPenguin@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago
[-] Didros@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zirLiSIxwPM

No ancestors 5 billion years ago unless you count the space dust slowly collecting together.

[-] bcorgansmp@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

It looks like it’s sprouting. Some hasty internet research says that a sprouting tomato is safe to eat but might not taste its best.

[-] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago

sprouting comes from the other side and would be accompanied by green bits coming out not dry holes. I was too slow to eat a tomato I bought and it started sprouting. Planted a slice in a pot and it grew into a plant.

[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Wow, I had no idea that’s even a thing.

[-] bcorgansmp@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago
[-] upstream@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

For what it’s worth I’d never buy that at a store. I love tomatoes and I’m super-picky about them.

Firm, ripe, no wrinkly skin.

[-] TheTrueLinuxDev@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

If that is common in your area, I would probably go with grow tent as my next step.

this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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