Friendly mod reminder not to eat things on the advice of strangers on the internet.
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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Hell no that isn’t safe to eat!
How did you ancestors survive for 5 billion years with instincts like that?
Is this sarcasm?
How could it be sarcasm?
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.
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.