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Omaha, Nebraska

It's probably a basic question, but poking around the message board hasn't helped me find the answer: what does the GPC tomato rule "The entirety of the fruit flesh must be connected" mean? What would it take for things to be classified as "not-connected"? Pictures of the really big tomatoes show all kinds of lobes and bumps, etc.

3/25/2019 1:46:55 PM

Morgantown, WV

Means it may have only one stem. Some tomatoes from two separate tomatoes at the same bloom, like regular twins. The GPC is looking for conjoined twins that are at least connected at some point other than the stem. There is no need for each lobe of a megablossom to be fully fused from top to bottom, just enough that it can be proven to all be the same tomato.

3/25/2019 5:33:29 PM

Norfolk, UK

Big tomatoes come from megablooms which are fused flowers, with a single stem. Sometimes the fruit forms however, and not all the fruit has fused so you end up with what counts in the rules as more than one tomato. I’ve seen pics in some diary entries, but I couldn’t say where. Hopefully someone can post an example.

3/25/2019 5:58:09 PM

Oak Grove, Mn

sometimes as the tomato grows...it is very difficult to say that they are fully connected. What I look for is a section of skin that connects to another section. In extreme examples the fused sections would need to be cut apart to determine that they are fused. A megablossom can grow two or more tomatoes that do not share any continous skin or flesh.

3/25/2019 6:41:21 PM

Omaha, Nebraska

That helps. Thanks.

3/25/2019 8:38:40 PM