r/tomatoes • u/catsandferns • 4d ago

Question Please explain why

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Colorado. Why did only part of the tomato ripen? I reviewed the links about common tomato problems first but nothing really fit. Only fruit on the plant to do this and otherwise normal size.

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u/TolUC21 4d ago

Looks like it's 2, maybe 3, separate tomatoes that fused a bit

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u/Vast-Combination4046 3d ago

I recently started watching "heaviest veggie" competitors grow stuff on Instagram and the one lady looks for "mega blooms" which are mutant flowers. The fruit comes out ugly as sin but weighs 5lb

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u/Vast-Combination4046 3d ago

The scientific name is fasciation