Yeah, well... that was before I started growing circus freaks. (As you view these, you may want to hum a creepy version of that clown song)
The tomato on the left and in the first picture above used to be small and perfect looking... So what happened???
Apparently, my little freaks' condition has an actual name. Catfacing. From what I understand, it can be caused by cool temperatures when the plant is blossoming. That seems odd to me, it's been really warm here! I haven't used any herbicides or pesticides or anything. I'm trying to be chemical-free. So who knows what contributed. Somehow the blossom got screwed up and the fruit couldn't develop normally.
I wonder if the look as freaky-deaky on the inside...
Sigh. I hope the rest of my tomato babies are going to be OK.
Have you ever had any weird stuff like this happen?? Do tell!
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I had carrots that looked really gnarly one year. I think it was because the soil was hard. This week I had a summer squash that started to grow through the fence to the neighbors yard. I tried to save it, but I could not pull it through without harming the squash, so I let it stay there to ripen and planned on plucking it out. Guess what...the neighbor apparently wasn't having it and chopped it off so that it was flush with the fence. Jerk. Why not just cut the whole thing off, why make a big deal and just cut the thing in half. Did a small summer squash really ruin your view of your backyard? He is like in his 90's. It made me mad.
This happens all the time for me. Usually we just cut around the bad part and eat it. Don't know why it happens since, like you, it's always warm here.
We did have a cucumber that grew in the shape of a C! Dang thing was hard to peal! :o)
Nacole- I can't believe your neighbor did that! Rude! Poor squash. :(
E- I love when cucumbers curve like that! I know I've seen some tomatoes with a LITTLE of the catfacing and yeah, I'd cut around it. These...not so sure I want to. The scaring is really deep...
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