This is the sort of tomato that results from a fasciated flower - a grotesque but tasty monster that weighs in at 9 ounces. There are more like this still on the plants, yet to ripen. I didn't get a photo of the first one before I ate it, this is the second one, picked yesterday because it had a small bit going grotty, which you can just see on the left. The rest of it was good.
josusa47: This is amazing. What happened to make the plant produce these fasciated toms? I'd love to try to grow some next season.
Although I had about 35 various tomato plants in the greenhouse they were mostly cherry and plums, so for the Autumn Show I strangely hadn't got 5 identical ones for the general section. So for a laugh I entered 5 micro sized freak ones on a huge plate. The judge actually tried to cut one in half so at least he had a sense of humour!
josusa47: This is amazing. What happened to make the plant produce these fasciated toms? I'd love to try to grow some next season.
Although I had about 35 various tomato plants in the greenhouse they were mostly cherry and plums, so for the Autumn Show I strangely hadn't got 5 identical ones for the general section. So for a laugh I entered 5 micro sized freak ones on a huge plate. The judge actually tried to cut one in half so at least he had a sense of humour!
josusa47: This is amazing. What happened to make the plant produce these fasciated toms? I'd love to try to grow some next season.
Although I had about 35 various tomato plants in the greenhouse they were mostly cherry and plums, so for the Autumn Show I strangely hadn't got 5 identical ones for the general section. So for a laugh I entered 5 micro sized freak ones on a huge plate. The judge actually tried to cut one in half so at least he had a sense of humour!
I didn't do anything to make them go like this. I don't know what variety they are. They grew from seeds that I'd put in the compost bin, having extracted them from supermarket tomatoes to serve to my poor old mum, because the seeds aggravate her diverticulitis. So they would be a commercial variety, probably developed for greenhouse cultivation, and as I don't have a greenhouse they've grown outdoors, in a new raised bed. I expect that's why they're so late.
I grew some Super Marmande outside this year the frst few were like this I think they call it cat facing I think its when the flower or developing fruit gets damaged in some way. The rest of my crop were ok & I did not do anything different to usual.
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This is the sort of tomato that results from a fasciated flower - a grotesque but tasty monster that weighs in at 9 ounces. There are more like this still on the plants, yet to ripen. I didn't get a photo of the first one before I ate it, this is the second one, picked yesterday because it had a small bit going grotty, which you can just see on the left. The rest of it was good.
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josusa47: This is amazing. What happened to make the plant produce these fasciated toms? I'd love to try to grow some next season.
Although I had about 35 various tomato plants in the greenhouse they were mostly cherry and plums, so for the Autumn Show I strangely hadn't got 5 identical ones for the general section. So for a laugh I entered 5 micro sized freak ones on a huge plate. The judge actually tried to cut one in half so at least he had a sense of humour!
I didn't do anything to make them go like this. I don't know what variety they are. They grew from seeds that I'd put in the compost bin, having extracted them from supermarket tomatoes to serve to my poor old mum, because the seeds aggravate her diverticulitis. So they would be a commercial variety, probably developed for greenhouse cultivation, and as I don't have a greenhouse they've grown outdoors, in a new raised bed. I expect that's why they're so late.
I grew some Super Marmande outside this year the frst few were like this I think they call it cat facing I think its when the flower or developing fruit gets damaged in some way. The rest of my crop were ok & I did not do anything different to usual.