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What causes the hard white or colorless spots on the outside of my tomatoes?

April 26, 2017causes colorless hard outside spots tomatoes white

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What causes the hard white or colorless spots on the outside of my tomatoes?

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This is damage done by stinkbugs. These pests insert their mouth parts below the tomato skin and suck out the tomato sap. These empty cells create a hard, colorless spot. Stinkbugs do cause the fruit to have poor aesthetic quality, but the fruit is still edible.