strange tomato

darylnj · August 11, 2010

last year i purchased some heirloom tomato plants from a local nursery here in nj and a couple of cherry's. this year i got a late start so i wasn't going to plant, but my garden was full of small plants,from last years seeds.long story short i have a strange tomato plant,half cherry and half what i call finger tomatoes the picture will explain
any thoughts, opinions, ideas?

RandyG · August 11, 2010

If you trace the stems with the two different types of fruit to their base and into the ground, I think you will find that you actually have two different plants growing so closely side by side that it appears to be a single plant.

Timmah! · August 11, 2010

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veggie babe · August 12, 2010

the finger tomatoes are past tomatoes, possibley Opalka, San Marazon or some other variety. One of the pros here can tell you more about it than I can.
Welcome to TV, you have come to the right place.

Neva

darylnj · August 13, 2010

yes you are right there are 2 plants there
but what about the finger tomatoes?

matertoo · August 14, 2010

Welcome ro Tomatoville.

Happy Matering,

Paul

garnetmoth · August 14, 2010

never know for sure what you are going to get! I saved a lot of seeds from CHOPTAG taste fest last year, and my compost pile wasnt hot enough. Ive got tomato volunteers all over the place, and some are cherry size rounded (jellybean kinda) tomatoes.

who knows. it could be a hybrid or an F2 (its parent was a hybrid)- lets see them when they mature!

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darylnj Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: nj Posts: 3	tomatoes yes you are right there are 2 plants there but what about the finger tomatoes?

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RandyG Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: western North Carolina Posts: 84	If you trace the stems with the two different types of fruit to their base and into the ground, I think you will find that you actually have two different plants growing so closely side by side that it appears to be a single plant.

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Timmah! Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Elizabethtown, Kentucky 6a Posts: 754	Welcome to Tomatoville.

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veggie babe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: east texas Posts: 686	the finger tomatoes are past tomatoes, possibley Opalka, San Marazon or some other variety. One of the pros here can tell you more about it than I can. Welcome to TV, you have come to the right place. Neva

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matertoo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: LA (Lower Alabama) Posts: 354	Welcome ro Tomatoville. Happy Matering, Paul

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garnetmoth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: cincinnati, oh Posts: 492	never know for sure what you are going to get! I saved a lot of seeds from CHOPTAG taste fest last year, and my compost pile wasnt hot enough. Ive got tomato volunteers all over the place, and some are cherry size rounded (jellybean kinda) tomatoes. who knows. it could be a hybrid or an F2 (its parent was a hybrid)- lets see them when they mature!