My first time growing tomatoes. I think it identifies as a pepper.
Posted Aug 10, 2018, 11:18 PM UTC
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Jersey Devil?
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It's a transgender tomato.
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Transmato
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Curious if cross pollination had anything to do with it. Take a bite. See if it had any fire to it.
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No cross pollination of a pepper. Tomatoes and peppers both belong to the Nightshade family along with Eggplant and Tobacco. In the Nightshade family, a ton of the fruits can look the same ie this tomato and a chili pepper. Or certain varieties of Eggplants can look like certain tomatoes. Or my ultimate favorite, Wild Belladonna (Deadly Nightshade) Berries can look like small decorative peppers or small heirloom tomatoes (but highly poisonous and should be avoided if forging for food). The fruits/sex are part of the identification/classification of plants.
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TIL "nightshade" isn't just some damn video game term. That's awesome!!
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Bonus zucchini
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pretty sure that big boy identifies as an eggplant O_O
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This is how you can cut out the middle man when making salsa.
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Looks like one we grow of the Sheboygan variety. Awesome sauce tomatoes!
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I just want to say, we canned a bunch of them, and they are delicious sauce tomatoes!
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That's strange
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Looks like a San marzano
It's from my wife's Nonos seed collection that has been growing for decades. Most look like regular tomatoes on the vine, this girl was special. She was also closest to the ghost peppers.
Tomato varieties with this shape are usually really good for sauces.