Seeds sprouting INSIDE tomato

Pigzzilla · July 19, 2013

We recently moved to Oregon, so I'm not getting a garden this year. So my Hubby goes to the market for a few items and comes home with one of those 'tomatoes on the vine' things. Three tasteless wanna be tomatoes. Tonight I sliced the last one. Inside, the seeds were SPROUTING. The seeds closest to the stem end had started to sprout. There were tiny little leaves, a tiny stem and a little hair-like root! Weird. Has anyone ever seen this before?..... Pigz

zipcode · July 19, 2013

Yeah, a few times. Also store bought, in the winter. They tasted terrible.

peppero · July 19, 2013

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Originally Posted by zipcode

Yeah, a few times. Also store bought, in the winter. They tasted terrible.

Ditto for me too except they were freebies from a friend during summer.

jon

**carolyn137** · July 19, 2013

With shipped in winter tomatoes stored in the cold, for sure, but also with homegrown gold/red bicolors from time to time since the flesh is very soft and they rot easily.

Carolyn

WVTomatoMan · July 19, 2013

It has never happened to me. However, it has been reported to me and it came up in the form of a question at one of my talks years ago. Basically the question was is it safe to eat? My response was I wouldn't eat the sprouts. The unaffected parts of the tomato would probably be okay to eat, but I wouldn't because it probably just wouldn't be that tasty.

I took the person's email and researched it. The general consensus matched my answer.

Randy

madddawg · July 20, 2013

Last year I left a bell pepper on the vine to long and another one started to grow inside of it. I got a picture some where on the PC but cant find it.

madddawg · August 10, 2013

Found the picture.

Very wierd..

FaithHopeLove · August 10, 2013

I've had this happen to me with a pepper also. Your right it is weird!

NarnianGarden · August 10, 2013

Have seen that a lot with bell peppers - so often in fact it is not even weird to me

On top of that, the little 'extra' usually tastes very good. Now THAT is a bit weird ...

efisakov · August 10, 2013

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Originally Posted by Pigzzilla

We recently moved to Oregon, so I'm not getting a garden this year. So my Hubby goes to the market for a few items and comes home with one of those 'tomatoes on the vine' things. Three tasteless wanna be tomatoes. Tonight I sliced the last one. Inside, the seeds were SPROUTING. The seeds closest to the stem end had started to sprout. There were tiny little leaves, a tiny stem and a little hair-like root! Weird. Has anyone ever seen this before?..... Pigz

Did you take a picture of it?

b54red · August 11, 2013

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Originally Posted by NarnianGarden

Have seen that a lot with bell peppers - so often in fact it is not even weird to me

On top of that, the little 'extra' usually tastes very good. Now THAT is a bit weird ...

Ditto.

July 19, 2013	#1
Pigzzilla Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Rogue River Valley, OR Posts: 17	Seeds sprouting INSIDE tomato We recently moved to Oregon, so I'm not getting a garden this year. So my Hubby goes to the market for a few items and comes home with one of those 'tomatoes on the vine' things. Three tasteless wanna be tomatoes. Tonight I sliced the last one. Inside, the seeds were SPROUTING. The seeds closest to the stem end had started to sprout. There were tiny little leaves, a tiny stem and a little hair-like root! Weird. Has anyone ever seen this before?..... Pigz

July 19, 2013	#4
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	With shipped in winter tomatoes stored in the cold, for sure, but also with homegrown gold/red bicolors from time to time since the flesh is very soft and they rot easily. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

July 20, 2013	#6
madddawg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Missouri Posts: 407	Last year I left a bell pepper on the vine to long and another one started to grow inside of it. I got a picture some where on the PC but cant find it. __________________ I grow a garden not just for the food I harvest, but for the creation of life itself. Johnny Cash

August 10, 2013	#7
madddawg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Missouri Posts: 407	Found the picture. Very wierd.. __________________ I grow a garden not just for the food I harvest, but for the creation of life itself. Johnny Cash

July 19, 2013	#2
zipcode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6 Posts: 1,582	Yeah, a few times. Also store bought, in the winter. They tasted terrible.

July 19, 2013	#5
WVTomatoMan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: West Virginia - Zone 6 Posts: 594	It has never happened to me. However, it has been reported to me and it came up in the form of a question at one of my talks years ago. Basically the question was is it safe to eat? My response was I wouldn't eat the sprouts. The unaffected parts of the tomato would probably be okay to eat, but I wouldn't because it probably just wouldn't be that tasty. I took the person's email and researched it. The general consensus matched my answer. Randy

August 10, 2013	#8
FaithHopeLove Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Summerfield, FL Posts: 197	I've had this happen to me with a pepper also. Your right it is weird!

August 10, 2013	#9
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	Have seen that a lot with bell peppers - so often in fact it is not even weird to me On top of that, the little 'extra' usually tastes very good. Now THAT is a bit weird ...