2006-08-02 11:16:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
That happened to us too---I think "grape" is a hybrid patented tomato (sterile) so what seeds they produce revert to the parent plant status.
2006-08-02 13:07:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am having the same situation this year - they look almost like mini Romas! They taste good, though. I don't think it's anything that I did or didn't do, since the other 4 tomato plants (all different varieties) are producing the expected types of tomatoes in the expected shapes and sizes. I suspect that the supplier either mislabelled the grape tomatoes or got a mislabelled packet of seed. (You didn't buy yours at Home Depot, by any chance, did you?)
Hey, here's an update: The grape tomatoes now seem to be developing at a more normal size. The plant now has tons of green tomatoes, and the ones ripening seem to be looking more like regular grape tomatoes. Maybe the unusually large size was due to the fact that there were fewer tomatoes so more energy went into each one. Maybe it's a peculiarity specific to this type of grape tomatoes, that the earlier ones are huge and then it settles back into more normal size. I'd be curious to know if you are noticing a change in your plants, too....
2006-08-02 21:34:37 · answer #2 · answered by sonomanona 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is more than likely that your tomato seeds were cross-pollinated by another variety. If the grower did not plant the varieties need to produce seeds at least 2 hundred feet away from other Tomatoes, an energetic bee could have done the damage. Live with what you have, and next year , do not purchase the cheap seeds, or cheap plants at the local market, but Certified seedlings, or seeds.
Ex: I once bought Habanero peppers to plant. I planted them too close to Italian Yellow peppers. The result was an unpredictable mix of the two. Just like puppies.
2006-08-02 21:52:44 · answer #3 · answered by mentalben 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have "cherry" tomato plants that have tiny tomatoes; I think they're grape tomato plants that were mislabeled. That might have happened to you.
2006-08-02 18:23:01 · answer #4 · answered by krissydahs93 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I must be the variety. I had Jubilee plants but like you they turned out as big as the Italian ones. Maybe we put too much fertilizer on them.
2006-08-02 18:21:49 · answer #5 · answered by tensnut90_99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you use Miracle Grow?
2006-08-02 18:20:51 · answer #6 · answered by en5o8ch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just be proud of them doing so well!also another idea is that they could have been mislabeled!
2006-08-03 10:52:13 · answer #7 · answered by cyndi b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋