How's this for a tomato or maybe it's several?
This strange tomato is growing on one of the costoluto fiorentino plants in our garden greenhouse. This was grown from a packet of free seeds that must have come with a magazine. It's supposed to be a beefsteak tomato and all the other fruits look like you would expect a beefsteak tomato to look. All the bits in the photo (except my fingers) even the green bits are conjoined. Wonder what it will be like when we cut into it?
I think I'll add it to my collection of strange fruit and vegetables on my website here.
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what a special tomato you have there!! it would be a shame to cut it, but i would be intrigued as to how it looks in the middle.
ReplyDeleteI have had several like this from the same variety. ( I think it came free with either KG or GYO magazine...)
ReplyDeletevery strange looking inside, but tastes OK!
Very strange. You wouldn't find that in a supermarket.
ReplyDeleteWhat a strange looking tomato, one to treasure, mine look positively boring by comparison!
ReplyDeleteHi Nicky - I'll take a photo when we cut it!
ReplyDeleteIt was GYO Compostwoman - I've just searched out the packet
It ouldn't pass EEC regs would it Jo?
Maybe I should do a Damien Hurst, Damo and preserve it inwhatever it is he uses?
Me too, me too (jumping up and down at the back, excitedly!).
ReplyDeleteI'm also growing CF - we must have got free seeds from the same magazine {grin}. Mine also have some uber-strange protuberances. Will take some pictures.
Hi BW, Must be in the genes then!
ReplyDeleteYour plot isn't located adjacent to a nuclear power plant by any chance is it? :D certainly mutated lol.
ReplyDeleteArrr; it be agin nature, it be. If it baint germonetically modified it'll be a sport. It does look a good sport!
ReplyDeletethat's is a fantastic specimen...don't forget to photo it when you finally cut it open...I'm intrigued to see what it looks like inside!!
ReplyDeleteThat is a very interesting tomato, and I think it's one, not few conjoined. When will you harvest it? When it all turns red or majority of it? I would be interested to see the inside of it.
ReplyDeleteHi Craig - not even under power lines1
ReplyDeleteHello Woody - I hope it remains sporting when we eat it!
Tanya - Watch this space.
Vrtlarica - When to harvest now there's a question not sure whether we wait for it to be totally red or not!
This is great! Costoluto is such a yummy tomato too.. when you grow heirloom tomatoes, you just never know what you're going to get! The joy of gardening..
ReplyDeleteNiki http://yearroundveggiegardener.blogspot.com
Hi Niki
ReplyDeleteI haven't tasted a costoluto yet as it's the first time we've grown them so look forward to a tasting
That is beautiful! Not ugly at all.
ReplyDeleteIt was probably uglier from the other side Hazel
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