Very strange blossom, need help!

biscuitridge · August 9, 2020

Can anyone explain what is up with this tomato blossom?

Labradors2 · August 9, 2020

Ouch! Herbicide drift?

Linda

Gardenboy · August 9, 2020

From what I can see, it's several fused blossoms all together known as megablossom. See if the fruit continues to grow. Several tomatoes will grow in clumps and produce a catfaced tomato. The recent world's record tomato was also a fused tomato blossom. See if it will continue to grow. Should not bother your other tomatoes. I sometimes get this as well on Big Rainbow tomato variety...not sure why. Sometimes the fruit will die and fall off on it's own...sometimes they will continue to grow into huge tomato with many clumps of tomatoes in one blossom.

decherdt · August 9, 2020

now thats funny whether or not you know who holds that record..

Looks a bit like a Mexican "seedless" in Spanish to me, just what you crossing those maters with these days?

biscuitridge · August 9, 2020

Certainly not herbicide drift,and for sure not a mega blossom. Any other ideas ? These pictures were taken almost a month apart.

edweather · August 9, 2020

Did you plant those chinese seeds

Whwoz · August 10, 2020

Some form of fascination?

KarenO · August 10, 2020

Hi Dan,
Very strange indeed, There must be some form of mutation involved in this abnormal growth, perhaps one of the biologists can be more specific as to what sort of hormones etc may be involved.
KarenO

ddsack · August 10, 2020

Are there also normal blossoms on the plant? Or is this the only one so far?

Dark Rumor · August 10, 2020

Curious to see how this develops.

biscuitridge · August 10, 2020

It's a trait that is past on from generation to generation, there's normal blossoms on the rest of the plant, but this truss all the blossoms are like this except not as big.

Dark Rumor · August 11, 2020

Be Careful,

August 9, 2020	#4
decherdt Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 329	now thats funny whether or not you know who holds that record.. Looks a bit like a Mexican "seedless" in Spanish to me, just what you crossing those maters with these days? __________________ 500 sq ft of raised rows zone 8a

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edweather Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Southeast GA, USDA 9a, HZ9, Sunset Z28 Posts: 396	Did you plant those chinese seeds __________________ You'll be surprised what you'll never have to do, if you put it off long enough.

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ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Are there also normal blossoms on the plant? Or is this the only one so far? __________________ Dee **************

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Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,896	Ouch! Herbicide drift? Linda

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Gardenboy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 784	From what I can see, it's several fused blossoms all together known as megablossom. See if the fruit continues to grow. Several tomatoes will grow in clumps and produce a catfaced tomato. The recent world's record tomato was also a fused tomato blossom. See if it will continue to grow. Should not bother your other tomatoes. I sometimes get this as well on Big Rainbow tomato variety...not sure why. Sometimes the fruit will die and fall off on it's own...sometimes they will continue to grow into huge tomato with many clumps of tomatoes in one blossom.

August 9, 2020	#5
biscuitridge Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: washington Posts: 499	Certainly not herbicide drift,and for sure not a mega blossom. Any other ideas ? These pictures were taken almost a month apart.

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Whwoz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 870	Some form of fascination?

August 10, 2020	#8
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	Hi Dan, Very strange indeed, There must be some form of mutation involved in this abnormal growth, perhaps one of the biologists can be more specific as to what sort of hormones etc may be involved. KarenO

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Dark Rumor Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 287	Curious to see how this develops.