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Cherry tomato gone wild!

16 years ago

I have several tomatoes that came up wild in my garden early in the season & of course I don't know what they are. At first I though they were green zebras but then they started turning red at the bottom. Now they look just like the rainbow cherry toms I had last year only huge! Has anyone heard of a mutation or whatever like this? I have never planted full size toms other than the zebras so I don't know where these came from.

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digdirt2
16 years ago
If what you planted last year was a hybrid cherry variety - and I suspect it was - then these are either a) a mutated revert to one of the hybrid's parent stock or b) a cross-pollinated seed of some types from a crossing between last years varieties. Most likely it is the first since most hybrids that volunteer the following year are.

See what they taste like. Might be good and then if you can stabilize them to reproduce consistently you can name it after yourself. ;)

Dave
glib
16 years ago
Dave is right. And even if they are not perfect, and your immortality dream is shattered, you can always make sauce with them.
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