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| If I see a blossom on my tomato plant, does the size of that blossom ultimately indicate anything about what the size of the pending tomato will be? I am not talking about a deformed or fused blossom, just the usual single blossom. If one blossom in a cluster is bigger than the others, will it ultimately be the biggest tomato. Does blossom size correlate at all with tomato size or can a very small blossom ultimately produce a big tomato? If I was confused about which plant I had put where and I had 2 plants, could I tell from blossom size that this one was the big variety and this one the small by the blossoms? Just wondering...... |
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Fri, Jul 1, 11 at 18:06
| I've never seen any correlation between blossom size and fruit size, so no, I don't think it's a trait that could be used to ID a variety between two plants side by side. For instance, most heart varieties have small blossoms and yet most of them have large to very large fruits. Same for varieties that have large beefsteak shaped fruits. Carolyn |
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| sorry carolyn would have disagree with you there is clear difference in size flower size between a sun gold and beefsteak. this is clearly true on the normal blossoms discounting the fused blossoms. |
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Fri, Jul 1, 11 at 21:28
| sorry carolyn would have disagree with you there is clear difference in size flower size between a sun gold and beefsteak. this is clearly true on the normal blossoms discounting the fused blossoms. ****** No problem at all, let's just agree to disagree. ( smile) But how would you compare the blossom size of Sungold F1 with the blossom size of most heart varieties, or most other cherry tomatoes, for instance. I'm just relating my experience on growing about 3,000 varieties to date, and no, when I record data I don't record blossom size, just recalling my own obervations. And of course those who have grown a lot of varieties I hope will also share their observations. Carolyn |
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| carolyn137 i find that bit strange that you did all that work but neglected to measure a interesting critical measurement. From what i have measured and researched blossom size depends on the number loci each variety produces in there flowers. |
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| Agree with Carolyn. In my garden right now Cherokee Purple has huge blossoms that are much bigger than both Great White and Prudens Purple and I know that they will produce larger fruit than the CP. I am also growing Amish Paste and though I'm not sure it would be classified as a heart it has blossoms similar to cherry tomatoes and will set fruit that are near one pound. So no, IMO there is no relationship between blossom and fruit size. |
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Sat, Jul 2, 11 at 1:41
| carolyn137 i find that bit strange that you did all that work but neglected to measure a interesting critical measurement. From what i have measured and researched blossom size depends on the number loci each variety produces in there flowers. ****** I don't consider blossom size to be a critical trait to be recorded, observed, yes, but not to be recorded. What I do record for new varieties are the following: plant habit (From what i have measured and researched blossom size depends on the number loci each variety produces in there flowers.) I think you meant to say that blossom size for a variety is determined by the genes that a specific variety has, which is generally true, which is why I said above that heart varieties almost always have small blossoms. In biology nothing is 100% all this or all that, for there are always exceptions which pop up and since there's biological diversity even within a specific tomato variety it's something to be expected. Carolyn
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| Are we just talking about the regular sized tomatoes, or including the cherries in this? I was figuring regular sized tomatoes, but there is a difference between the grape and cherry tomato blossom sizes. Vivian |
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