Half Red Half Green???

whoose · September 7, 2015

So what do I have here? Looks half green and half read, one of two toms? How, What and Why, please.

ContainerTed · September 7, 2015

My avatar is a good example as well. It is a Supersteak Hybrid that received some damage from hail stones when the fruit was about half the final size. The damage was near the stem and seemed to cut off the nutrients and such to one half. I've had others over the years that are very similar, and all have some kind of irregularity right in the area of the "color dividing line".

I see that yours as well has a large irregularity right at the color split line. It will all ripen eventually, but that demands a lot of patience. Other than this, the taste should not be affected and you can save seeds if you wish.

**carolyn137** · September 7, 2015

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Originally Posted by ContainerTed

My avatar is a good example as well. It is a Supersteak Hybrid that received some damage from hail stones when the fruit was about half the final size. The damage was near the stem and seemed to cut off the nutrients and such to one half. I've had others over the years that are very similar, and all have some kind of irregularity right in the area of the "color dividing line".

I see that yours as well has a large irregularity right at the color split line. It will all ripen eventually, but that demands a lot of patience. Other than this, the taste should not be affected and you can save seeds if you wish.

Do you have any idea of the time I've spent looking out the window and not the keyboard trying to think of the person whose avatar showed that?

OK, now I can have lunch and a short nap.

Carolyn

travis · September 7, 2015

What I think I see in the photo in the original post is a tomato actually comprised of two fused or twin ova. This, to me, is beyond fasciation, and appears to be two tomato ova whose exterior walls were fused on one side within one flower.

If so, apparently one of the developing tomatoes simply did not keep up with the other tomato with regard to the ripening process. Sort of like two paternal human twins who are not born with the same birth weight and do not develop physically or mentally at the same pace.

ContainerTed · September 7, 2015

Here's a few others that I've seen. The first one got hit right on its stem right where the stem connects to the fruit. Mother Nature can keep us thinking, can't she.

Gardeneer · September 11, 2015

I get quite a few of them.
They are vivid examples of FUSED fruits, that each has own time clock.

NarnianGarden · September 11, 2015

I got a few of those as well.. it's truly annoying, when the other half is finally ripe, the rest of the fruit is already past its peak.

September 7, 2015	#2
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	My avatar is a good example as well. It is a Supersteak Hybrid that received some damage from hail stones when the fruit was about half the final size. The damage was near the stem and seemed to cut off the nutrients and such to one half. I've had others over the years that are very similar, and all have some kind of irregularity right in the area of the "color dividing line". I see that yours as well has a large irregularity right at the color split line. It will all ripen eventually, but that demands a lot of patience. Other than this, the taste should not be affected and you can save seeds if you wish. __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

September 7, 2015	#4
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	What I think I see in the photo in the original post is a tomato actually comprised of two fused or twin ova. This, to me, is beyond fasciation, and appears to be two tomato ova whose exterior walls were fused on one side within one flower. If so, apparently one of the developing tomatoes simply did not keep up with the other tomato with regard to the ripening process. Sort of like two paternal human twins who are not born with the same birth weight and do not develop physically or mentally at the same pace.

September 11, 2015	#7
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	I got a few of those as well.. it's truly annoying, when the other half is finally ripe, the rest of the fruit is already past its peak.