Re: weird tomato

That is VERY bizarre, I have never seen or heard of such a thing.

On 8/30/08, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
>
> Dr. McKenney said she had never seen this either and wanted to know if you
> had cut it open to see if one of the tomato seeds had germinated-must be
> that's what it is if it was not split before. Keep us posted!
> A
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria" <marolsh@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 10:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] weird tomato
>
>
> I once cut into a store-bought tomato and found a couple of seeds has
>> sprouted inside it. It wasn't over-ripe either, just had been sitting on the
>> counter a while. Isn't the gel around the seeds supposed to inhibit
>> sprouting?
>>
>> Maria
>>
>> It is stranger in real life!.....A few things about this... it wasn't
>>> cracked when put on the counter, so what ever is growing made it do
>>> that. (so I doubt a weed seed got embedded.) It also isn't over ripe-
>>> basically still firm and in my opinion had a couple more days before it
>>> was time to eat it. Something keeps stealing or taking a bite out of my
>>> tomato's so I have been bringing them in and letting them ripen on the
>>> counter....
>>>
>>>
>>>  Donna
>>>
>>> andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
>>>  Donna-I sent your message and picture to my Hort advisor at Texas
>>> Tech-maybe
>>> she'll know. That is weird and quite frankly a little creepy looking, or
>>> maybe I've been watching too much of the scifi channel. I'll let you know
>>> if
>>> she gets back with me. Keep us posted on the progress of the alien
>>> tomato!
>>> A
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Donna"
>>> To: "gardenchat list"
>>> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 9:33 PM
>>> Subject: [CHAT] weird tomato
>>>
>>>
>>> It has been one strange year for me. Tonight as I was rinsing the dinner
>>>> dishes, I noticed one of the tomatoes has sprouted on the counter! I
>>>> have NEVER seen this before. It isn't a joke, or a phoney picture, it's
>>>> real, I took it with my moms camera. The tomato split slightly and
>>>> coming out is>>>>> I don't know, did a seed sprout in it? Is that
>>>> possible?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Weird....
>>>>
>>>> Haven't used Flicker in awhile... not sure this will work....
>>>>
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/19229841@N08/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Donna
>>>>
>>>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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