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Has anyone ever had any sort of reaction to a tomato plant? are they suposed to be irritant, i know there poisonous to eat but are they to touch?
Ive not grown them before , i have them in the house the biggest are now about 6 foot high great bushy things with masive hairy stems, i think there marmande, but not sure , there a giant lumpy italian tomato i know that much !, i was poking my hands through the plants to look at the tomatoes i have just found on them, looking how many there are as they are green they cant be seen but there are loads of tiny ones , but some upto 2.5 inch wide
Anyway, i pulled my hands out after looking through the plant, and within a few minutes i now have what looks like a rash from nettles on the back of my hands, i have been `stung` all over the back of my hands, red spots with clear blister on top and its so itchy!
The closest i have come to tomatoes is in baked beans as i dont eat tomatoes at all but i have been growing these since november and havent noticed them so hairy or had any reaction to them till now.
Is this in anyway normal for tomatoe plants , if it was nettles obviously it would be normal ?
Ive not grown them before , i have them in the house the biggest are now about 6 foot high great bushy things with masive hairy stems, i think there marmande, but not sure , there a giant lumpy italian tomato i know that much !, i was poking my hands through the plants to look at the tomatoes i have just found on them, looking how many there are as they are green they cant be seen but there are loads of tiny ones , but some upto 2.5 inch wide
Anyway, i pulled my hands out after looking through the plant, and within a few minutes i now have what looks like a rash from nettles on the back of my hands, i have been `stung` all over the back of my hands, red spots with clear blister on top and its so itchy!
The closest i have come to tomatoes is in baked beans as i dont eat tomatoes at all but i have been growing these since november and havent noticed them so hairy or had any reaction to them till now.
Is this in anyway normal for tomatoe plants , if it was nettles obviously it would be normal ?
but it's quite nice to know I'm not alone. I think it's the hairy stems that does it. You might find you react to potatoes, comfrey and borage too. I'm OK until the plants get so huge that just watering them means your arms come into contact with them, at this point OH has to take over the care and harvesting. 
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