Okay, real talk—have you ever been in your garden or at the bottom of your grocery bag, pulled out what looked like a perfectly juicy, plump tomato… and then, bam! A hole. Just sitting there like it owns the place. I don’t know about you, but my first instinct is to recoil just a bit and whisper, “What even are you?”
But before we toss that poor tomato in the compost and walk away dramatically (guilty), let’s take a beat. Holes in tomatoes are surprisingly common, and the reasons behind them are actually kind of fascinating—gross sometimes, sure—but fixable. And if you grow your own, you’ve definitely seen this weirdness show up uninvited.
Let me walk you through why this happens, what it might mean for your precious tomato babies, and what you can actually do about it.
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What Causes Holes in Tomatoes, Anyway?
Let’s start with the obvious: something poked, chewed, or munched its way into that tomato. It didn’t happen by accident. Most of the time, it’s one of these three culprits:
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