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Old 23-05-2016, 02:09 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default OT(ish) - shop bought tomatoes and germinating seeds

On 22/05/2016 11:32 PM, David wrote:
On Sun, 22 May 2016 12:17:09 +1000, Fran Farmer wrote:

On 21/05/2016 10:57 PM, David wrote:

I have noticed recently that if you give them a few (several) days to
finish ripening then the seeds start to germinate within the tomato.


Am I understanding you correctly: do you mean that when you cut the
tomato open, the seeds are already starting to germinate inside the
freshly cut tomato????


Yes - you can see a dark spot beneath the skin of the tomato which turns
out to be the tiny green leaves on a germinating seed.


Thank you David. I've not come across that happening before.