4 blooms fused into one?

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Posted by Danielnc84 none (My Page) on

Fri, Apr 12, 13 at 14:44

Ive got a German Johnson that appears to have 4 flowers in 1 bloom is this fairly common? i am going after big tomatoes this year so I am hoping that this Mega Fused bloom might be what im looking for!

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Posted by digdirt 6 -7 AR (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 12, 13 at 15:55

Fairly common and tied to cooler spring air temps at pollination of first fruit set.

Fused blooms (aka megablooms) are terminal blooms so most growers normally remove them for the benefit of the plant and future production. Your choice but any fruit produced will be a grossly distorted fused multi-fruit rather than 1 big fruit.

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We used to have some great pics and discussions here about 'megablooms' but I don't know if they are still around or not. Try the search.

Dave

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Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 12, 13 at 17:24

Daniel, if you get any big ones don't bother saving seeds from it, b'c the individua lblossoms could be cross pollinated so all those X pollinated seeds could be present in one single fruit.

Megablooms usually appear early in the season and are especially prevalent on large pink beefsteak PL varieties.

Carolyn

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