Saving Seed from Early Multi-lobed Fused tomatoes?

BigdaddyJ · June 28, 2011

I have a poor track record of saving seed from non bagged fruit and it breeding true. You guys that get 95% true amazes me. Here's my Q...Is it wise to save seed from an early multi lobed fused fruit? Many of my first fruit are ugly fused fruit probably because I stick my plants out too early I dunno. Since these first fruits are so ugly and twisted and are the earliest fruit I figured why not save seed from them and eat the nicer later fruit? I have an ugly 3 or 4 lobed/fused Orange Minsk that is fully ripe. Are these fused jobs more risky because they ARE fused compared to a perfect tomato? Carolyn, the seed came from you so hope you read this. Plus, Maria Sharapova has a shot at Wimbledon!

bcday · June 28, 2011

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Originally Posted by BigdaddyJ

Are these fused jobs more risky because they ARE fused compared to a perfect tomato?

Yes, because they probably came from fused blossoms, which are much larger and more attractive to bees than single blossoms. So the seeds are more likely to be crossed than those from single blossoms.

Bagging blossoms to keep pollinating insects out reduces this possibility.

**carolyn137** · June 28, 2011

Yes, I am just now reading it as you asked and yes it's much more risky as bcday has just answered you b'c one or more of the blossoms in the fused megabloom can be cross pollinated while the others self pollenize which leads to one fruit only.

So eat the fused fruits and save seeds from single fruits.

BigdaddyJ · June 28, 2011

OK, thanx to both of you. I will eat the OM. I saved seed from a multi lobed/fused Pink Berkely tie dye yesterday and it's is fermenting as I type. I'll throw that batch out and wait for a single.

Another Q please....I seem to get these odd shapen fused tomatoes mostly early in the season. I also plant out a little early. Is the cold responsible or have any part in causing these ugly fused earliest fruit?

June 28, 2011	#1
BigdaddyJ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zone7 Delaware Posts: 399	Saving Seed from Early Multi-lobed Fused tomatoes? I have a poor track record of saving seed from non bagged fruit and it breeding true. You guys that get 95% true amazes me. Here's my Q...Is it wise to save seed from an early multi lobed fused fruit? Many of my first fruit are ugly fused fruit probably because I stick my plants out too early I dunno. Since these first fruits are so ugly and twisted and are the earliest fruit I figured why not save seed from them and eat the nicer later fruit? I have an ugly 3 or 4 lobed/fused Orange Minsk that is fully ripe. Are these fused jobs more risky because they ARE fused compared to a perfect tomato? Carolyn, the seed came from you so hope you read this. Plus, Maria Sharapova has a shot at Wimbledon! __________________ Farmer at Heart

June 28, 2011	#3
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Yes, I am just now reading it as you asked and yes it's much more risky as bcday has just answered you b'c one or more of the blossoms in the fused megabloom can be cross pollinated while the others self pollenize which leads to one fruit only. So eat the fused fruits and save seeds from single fruits. __________________ Carolyn

June 28, 2011	#4
BigdaddyJ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zone7 Delaware Posts: 399	OK, thanx to both of you. I will eat the OM. I saved seed from a multi lobed/fused Pink Berkely tie dye yesterday and it's is fermenting as I type. I'll throw that batch out and wait for a single. Another Q please....I seem to get these odd shapen fused tomatoes mostly early in the season. I also plant out a little early. Is the cold responsible or have any part in causing these ugly fused earliest fruit? __________________ Farmer at Heart