This is only the second time I've seen this. Maybe its not unheard of, but it sure surprised me. This is a regular supermarket winter tomato that sat on my counter about two weeks and didn't rot.
After several posts here, I went and found the thread in Tomatos about it. Here
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/767524/
It's called 'vivipary'
This message was edited Jan 5, 2008 8:47 AM
Hmm, interesting. I've never seen that before. You should try planting them, maybe you'll get a tomato plant.
It is relatively rare, but not unusual.
Try the Tomato Forum if you want more input, there was a thread about it last year.
Thanks, folks. I will go looking for that thread .
It happened to mine that was in the frig.. I did try planting them and most of them grew. I was in a corp residence place so I left before they matured but it apparantly does happen..
Wow, I've never seen anything like that sallyg!
I have never seen anything like that before but it makes sense. A warm window spot and steady moisture. Hmmm, the skin must have been thin enough for some sort of light to get in. How very cool......Thanks for sharing.
Light and warmth- it sat next to the stove where the hood light stays on many hours a day. However, curiouly, Icosden had one in the fridge do it. Maybe it could have begun sprouting before being refrigerated, or the warm light is not the whole thing. Surely there are a lot of people storing tomatos in warm light places in summer whil harvest is going on.
It might have sprouted internally before I bought it and stuck it in the fridge.. Didn't think about that possiblity.. Humm...
Cool! I've never heard of that happeneing before.
