Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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August 20, 2013 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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Help! I have an invasion of mutant tomatoes
OK, I did embellish the photo a bit. Couldn't resist. Here's the original: One of them has 12 sepals, as opposed to the usual 7 I've seen on most others. The plant is a Black Krim. What causes this? Is it an aberration with pollination, whereby two conjoined tomatoes try to emerge from one blossom? Should I abort them before they grow into nutrient sucking mutants?
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August 20, 2013 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
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LOL I am now afraid of my garden!!
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August 20, 2013 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
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Whoa, now that's creepy! Like Annoying Orange creepy!
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August 20, 2013 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
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Those Aliens are pretty slick. Hiding as tomatoes to get into our stomachs. Nice embellishment btw. Maybe it is two fused blossoms, they might grow into some pretty big Black Krim before the season is over. Would be interesting to see how big those "Aliens" oops i mean Black Krim tomatoes would get I think.
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August 20, 2013 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
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I have plenty of those Megablooms make some interesting fruits...
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August 20, 2013 | #6 | |
Tomatovillian™
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Glad some folks got a kick out of it.
Alfredo, these were single blossoms so no fusing happened in this case (although an interesting idea). I've read about some people aborting weird looking fruits, but I imagine this was mostly due to resale difficulties. I'm hoping that there won't be any negative effect on taste. I have been using an electric toothbrush to pollinate the flowers, but I wonder... if maybe this weirdness is due to a double pollination. What I mean is that after the flower is initially pollinated, that a rapid hit of the electric toothbrush "forces" more pollen onto the stigma that manages to get down to the ovules. So in essence, a double-pollination takes place. I found this on another website: Quote:
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August 20, 2013 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
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By any chance, did any of your potting mix contain reprocessed compost from Love Canal????
I agree, nice embellishment.
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August 20, 2013 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
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^ Oh boy, I just make the connection... the positioning of one behind the other. LOL!
I thought it was Jobe's Tomato Food, but I'm now thinking it might be Love's Tomato Verve. Btw, I have my Black Krim adjacent to a Lemon Boy hybrid. I'm now wondering if pollen might have somehow been exchanged between them... Is it at all possible between a hybrid and an heirloom? The fruits on the BK aren't immediately adjacent to the Lemon Boy, but perhaps the pollen can drift in the air? Or... maybe when I'm using the electric toothbrush from one plant to the other, I'm inadvertently carrying a mix of pollen to them?
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Tomatovillian™
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Sorry, I thought that you being from the Northeast, you would have heard of the community known as "Love Canal".
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August 20, 2013 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
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Really cool pics LMBO!!
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August 20, 2013 | #11 | |
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The tomato on your Black Krim will always be as you'd expect of Black Krim. The only change made by being pollinted by another variety will be in the seeds. A hybrid tomato is just a regular tomato who's characteristics haven't been stabilised yet. Your lemon boy is just as capable of providing pollen to fertilse black krim as any heirloom. |
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