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Posted: June 20 2006 at 7:40am | IP Logged Quote JennGM
We've had 3 cherry tomatoes ripen over the last week. 2 of them had a bite taken out of them. I snatched the 3rd before it was totally ripe.

What kind of suburban critters nibble on tomatoes?

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Posted: June 20 2006 at 8:35am | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
Jenn, has it rained? Many critters will look to tomatoes as a source of water if there has not been much rain...everything from pill bugs to opossums. Maybe you could check with Dawn and find her nocturnal photographing techniques helpful .

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Posted: June 20 2006 at 8:38am | IP Logged Quote JennGM
Only got a few thunderhowers last night. It's dry, dry, dry here. 3rd driest year on record. That helps me narrow it, it could be anything!


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Posted: June 20 2006 at 9:43am | IP Logged Quote lapazfarm
Alot of times for us it has been birds. But MacBeth is right, it could be anything. You may want to consider some netting over the plants as the fruit matures.

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Posted: June 20 2006 at 5:40pm | IP Logged Quote aussieannie
JennGM wrote:
What kind of suburban critters nibble on tomatoes?


Jenn, do you mean besides the chubby-fingered kind? ....sorry , sorry just had to make my 100th posting a memorable one!

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Posted: June 20 2006 at 7:39pm | IP Logged Quote teachingmyown
Well, in my ongoing research on box turtles, I see that they eat tomatoes.

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Posted: June 23 2006 at 9:28am | IP Logged Quote Karen T
Jenn,
Whenever it's dry, I've had trouble with squirrels biting the tomatoes, just for a drink of water. It *might* help to put out some water sources for them (birdbaths, etc.) AND put netting over your tomatoes.
We're in such a drought here in Ga this year I didn't even bother with a garden for the first time in 10 yrs.
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Posted: June 23 2006 at 10:16am | IP Logged Quote mom2mpr
Dogs?
My obedience trainer electric fenced his vegie garden because his labs would go in and munch his tomatoes. My little lab pup eats the strawberries out of our strawberry patch green or red.
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