The green stuff on tomatoes?

[Thelma Sanders]

That's the stuff! you come in from the garden, wash your hands and still turn the handtowel yellow I think tomatoes must be dyer's weeds
Really weird

[veggiechicken]

At last, Grapes who know what I mean by greenstuff!! Thank you
I may still be mad but not when it comes to greenstuff
BUT we still don't know what it is and why its there. It must have a purpose, surely?

[taff]

What is that green stuff on tomato plants? - Growing for Market

[veggiechicken]

That's just the answer I needed, taff. I never thought to Goggle for Green stuff Seems I'm not the only one to call it that.
All I can say to the Doubters amongst you (naming no names) is - your tomatoes must be tasteless

[taff]

*doffs cap* At your service ma'am.....

[veggiechicken]

Thank 'ee kindly, taff I've read the article 3 times now, I hope there's not a test

[Snadger]

Basically its tomato poo!

[veggiechicken]

Thanks Snadge "Now wash your hands please" on shiny Izal toilet rolls comes to mind

[PyreneesPlot]

Ohhh, so this means the skin comes off my fingers just because I'm washing too much (to remove the green stuff)? The MIL will never believe that.

[Jeanied]

Snap Capsid - I lost tons of weight that summer, sweating in the tomato greenhouses! The green stuff is part of the tomato's defence mechanism, I bet.

[binley100]

Mine hands were green earlier when I was trying to get some daylight into the jungle, now they're black cos I've just made blackberry jam .......Only time my hands ever look clean is when I've been on holiday .

[Pa Snips]

Interesting...I've never had any 'green stuff' on my hands after handling my toms, perhaps it requires a certain skin chemistry for transference to take place

When you say "Makes them smell nice", are you referring to tomatoes or tomato plants because I've only ever noticed a pungent, nasty smell from tomato plants and my is wife always saying "You've been messing with your tomato plants again, haven't you? I can tell...you've brought that awful smell in with you". Maybe it's one of those 'love it or hate it' Marmite type scents, or maybe I need some...green stuff!

[binley100]

Are you sure you're growing tomatoes Pa........

[veggiechicken]

That's wierd Pa. I only have to brush against them to turn green
The smell of greenstuff is, to me, the essence of a greenhouse! If I could bottle it and dab it behind my ears I would Pungent yes, but nasty, no, not to me! I like Marmite too

[Pa Snips]

That's wierd Pa. I only have to brush against them to turn green
The smell of greenstuff is, to me, the essence of a greenhouse! If I could bottle it and dab it behind my ears I would Pungent yes, but nasty, no, not to me! I like Marmite too

I guess there's accounting for taste...or scent in this case. It doesn't rank as highly as coffee on the foul-scale though (according to my nose) and many people seem to like that too. As for the green stuff...

Are you sure you're growing tomatoes Pa........

Well they look & taste like tomatoes and the plants they come from stink like tomatoes too