Showing posts with label mutants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mutants. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Viviparous Mutant Tomato

P1050082It was a regular morning. I (Sami) was tired, hungry, and the coffee was still dripping. It wasn't until I had already finished my breakfast sandwich (with tomato slices on it) when I realized there was something seriously wrong about this particular tomato... It was still alive!!

Why?

Apparently store-bought tomatoes do this sometimes. I did some research on google before posting this photo. Often a mutant gene causes the seeds to start growing inside fruit. Sometimes it happens because the tomato was harvested and taken off the vine and then kept in cold storage for a long time before being purchased and eaten.

So, there you have it. And look at the number of those sprouts! I could grow a whole tomato garden with those....