Meet Tom Merrick, the elephant mater

Dewayne mater · May 22, 2010

I always wondered what a fused superbloom would look like. Well, I let one grow out and it is one ugly sucker. Meet the elephant mater. He is an Indian Stripe, fyi. (the last one shows his good side.)

Duh_Vinci · May 22, 2010

Yeah, that is something I would expect to see in the jar of formaldehyde, in the lab

Mother nature, what do we know! I don't think I've ever seen this kind of "fusion"

Regards,
D

heirloomdaddy · May 22, 2010

that's pretty awesome. My first green giant flower to appear looks like it is a fusion of 3-4 flowers. It's yet to drop, so I'm hoping that I get a psycho fruit like yours.

bigbubbacain · May 22, 2010

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Originally Posted by Dewayne mater

I always wondered what a fused superbloom would look like. Well, I let one grow out and it is one ugly sucker. Meet the elephant mater. He is an Indian Stripe, fyi. (the last one shows his good side.)

How on earth did you get your Indian Stripes so early? I'm in zone 9A south of Houston and mine haven't even started to blush yet!

Dewayne mater · May 23, 2010

Bigbubba - this one happened to be in a 2.5 gallon pot as it was a reserve that I'd hoped to transplant, but never got a spot for it. After it set that one, it didn't seem to care about doing much else but growing and ripening that fruit. My other IS's, in earthtainers, are still at least 2 weeks away, if not more. I assume that being in a small pot like that, it had very little incentive to put on foilage and did this instead.

discrepancy · May 23, 2010

That thing is going to give me nightmares. I hope it tastes better than it looks!

bigbubbacain · May 23, 2010

There's no tomato too ugly for me. There's just "eaters" and then "freezers". I usually process and freeze the uglier one quickly to protect others in my home who scare too easily.

May 22, 2010	#2
Duh_Vinci Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Locust Grove, VA Posts: 292	Yeah, that is something I would expect to see in the jar of formaldehyde, in the lab Mother nature, what do we know! I don't think I've ever seen this kind of "fusion" Regards, D

May 22, 2010	#3
heirloomdaddy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Los Angeles Z10 Posts: 291	that's pretty awesome. My first green giant flower to appear looks like it is a fusion of 3-4 flowers. It's yet to drop, so I'm hoping that I get a psycho fruit like yours.

May 23, 2010	#5
Dewayne mater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 1,212	Bigbubba - this one happened to be in a 2.5 gallon pot as it was a reserve that I'd hoped to transplant, but never got a spot for it. After it set that one, it didn't seem to care about doing much else but growing and ripening that fruit. My other IS's, in earthtainers, are still at least 2 weeks away, if not more. I assume that being in a small pot like that, it had very little incentive to put on foilage and did this instead.

May 23, 2010	#6
discrepancy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: Holly Springs, NC (zone 7b) Posts: 112	That thing is going to give me nightmares. I hope it tastes better than it looks!

May 23, 2010	#7
bigbubbacain Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Zone 9 Texas, Fort Bend County Posts: 436	There's no tomato too ugly for me. There's just "eaters" and then "freezers". I usually process and freeze the uglier one quickly to protect others in my home who scare too easily.