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anyone ever see this-- weird--

16 years ago

I started all my tomato plants from seed this year, used all the same seed That I used last year when I started them. I am not sure of the exact kinds now as that really doesn't matter to me but they were all large types such as super beefsteak, giant oxheart, I wanted large tomatoes to can some up for winter. So I started getting tomatoes on my plants and I thought gee those look like green peppers the way they are shaped and all. So I cut one open and it really does look like a pepper on the inside too. There are pics in this album;

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v301/halsa/my%20garden/

Anyboby know what may have caused this, I have never had any like this before.

dingos_mom

Comments (6)

  • 16 years ago

    Looks like one of the so-called "stuffing" varieties of tomatoes. There are several of them - Ruffled Yellow, Striped Cavern, Burgess, etc. - even one called Green Bell Pepper. ;)

    Knowing the names of your varieties let's you find out all kinds of info about them and then you know what to expect.

    Dave

  • 16 years ago

    And if you didn't grow a stuffing type of tomato last year then check out the condition called puffiness via Google or Google IMAGES which can lead to a hollow tomato.

    I did look at your picture and I see one that looks like an actual green pepper and what's that one to the right which is whitish and looks scrunched up and almost looks like a squash.

    This situation I am not understanding at all. ( smile)

    Carolyn

  • 16 years ago

    I didn't grow any that were stuffing tomatoes as I want to can as much as I can get, Also the dark green one in the picture is a green pepper for comparison shape wise and the whiteish one is one of the tomatoes. I will take a few more pics later and put them in them in that album.
    dingos_mom

  • 16 years ago

    I thought it looked like a real pepper and was shaking my head.LOL

    So that's a so called white tomato you grew and it doesn't correspond to anything you grew that was ivory to pale yellow at maturity?

    One of those cut in half and displayed might show what I was referring to as puffiness. ( see pictures below)

    And you're getting the same regardless of the color of the fruits from the different plants?

    Take a look at the pictures below and also Google puffiness, not the images, to see what encourages it which may help.

    I can't remember if the sites listed below the individual pictures of puffiness take you to those sites directly where puffiness is discuaaed. You'll just have to see.

    Carolyn

    Here is a link that might be useful: Google IMAGES; Puffiness

  • 16 years ago

    No not all of my plants are doing that (see added pictures) but they are all small the only one that is even getting any good size to it is a potato leafed plant. I also have some better pictures of the puffy tomatoes.
    dingos_mom

  • 16 years ago

    I started all my tomato plants from seed this year, used all the same seed That I used last year when I started them.
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    So do you still have the seed packets and can tell us what varieties you started? I suppose it is possible that there was a stuffer seed mixed in one of the packets by mistake. And was that fruit picked early or was it supposedly close to ripe?

    Most of the stuffers types I know have only 3 or maybe 4 locules - this one has many more.

    Dave

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