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    A few days ago I noticed what I thought was "a clump" of flowers on one of my Costoluto Fiorentinos.Actually,it's not a clump of flowers,it looks like...1 flower?joined flowers?I don't know.Anyway,the stem this weirdo is sitting on is very,very thick.Anybody had something similar?Is it worth keeping(I'm curious if I get a whopper tomato)?The flower underneath is a normal size.
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    It will produce fused fruit.
    They are fairly common- but I've never seen one with so many flowers ...I'd leave it just to see what actually grows!
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

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    • #3
      It looks like a case of fasciation - can happen as a result of insects or bacteria but is harmless to the plant and the rest should be normal. Some plants are more prone to it than others and I suspect Costoluto Fiorentino is one of those.
      Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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      • #4
        Thanks for that, I was wondering what mine was. Perhaps it is something to do with the weather.
        A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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        • #5
          Thank you for the answers.I think I'll take "wait and see" approach

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          • #6
            Oh goodie!!!

            piccies eh???
            "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

            Location....Normandy France

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            • #7
              It's common in 'Heritage' or 'Beefsteak' tomatoes so I'd guess yours is one of these? Some people nip off the first bud if it's like this, to get more 'normal' fruits. You'll get a fused fruit with brown, scabby bits of skin where they stick together. You can just cut this out though. As you can tell, I tend to leave them on because I'm naturally curious.
              Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

              www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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              • #8
                Ah, that'll be it then - mine is a beefsteak. I'll leave it be and show you pics if the blight doesn't get to it first
                A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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                • #9
                  It looks like my traveler tomato - the fruits look like you've taken a bag of cherry toms, sat on it then tried to form them into one fruit

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                  • #10
                    Oh so that's what it is! My costoluto has a couple like that, also my Cherokee purple!

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                    • #11
                      I had one on a Black Krim. I left it and it produced one fugly looking tomato. It also refused to do anything else for ages so I picked it off and let it ripen in the fruit bowl. It (the plant) still took ages to do anything else. Next time I think I'll nip the sucker out.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Patchninja View Post
                        It looks like my traveler tomato - the fruits look like you've taken a bag of cherry toms, sat on it then tried to form them into one fruit
                        Real seeds have a tomato that looks like that I've never fancied it
                        "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

                        Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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                        • #13
                          Happens to my Cherokee Purple and Ananas Noire each time...looks quite 'alternative' compared to the usual tomato flower
                          RtB x

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                          • #14
                            You'll get more 'normal' ones - and sooner - if you remove it.
                            Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                            www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                            • #15
                              Yup I nip them out as soon as seen.

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