Strange flowers on tomatoes.

Started by Larkspur, May 06, 2007, 15:40:27

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Marymary

I've just found one of the mutant flowers on my Urbikany [it's an early bush variety from Real Seeds].  Shall I remove it? 

Marymary


Jeannine

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Cleo I absolutely agree with you.1 tomato could be a fluke or something particular to that variety but three completely different tomatoes,there has to be something wrong there,I don't know what but it is something I have never seen and like you I grow many varieties.

It is very odd.

XX Jeannine


TRIFFIDS????
When God blesses you with a multitude of seeds double  the blessing by sharing your  seeds with other folks.

Paulines7

I was one of the people who had strange flowers and deformed tomatoes on my Costoluto Fiorentino last year.  This year I have sowed some more from the packet and they too have the dandelion type flower heads.  I also received some Marmande on a seed swap and they are also exhibiting this strange flower.   I will have to dig out the seed packet of Costoluto Fiorentino and see who produced them.  I think it is an Italian company.

triffid


Chris Graham

My one still seems to be growing strong.

It has even more flower buds now. Could it just be this is what is suppose to happen with beefstake types?

btw i'm a newbi so just ignore me  ;)

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Robert_Brenchley

Last year I had odd-shaped (cristate) flowers producing equally odd-shaped fruit, but they were fine to eat.

cambourne7


Chris Graham


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cambourne7

thanks Chris :-)

how about raising this with gardeners question time???

Chris Graham

Quote from: cambourne7 on May 09, 2007, 12:03:15
thanks Chris :-)

how about raising this with gardeners question time???

Do you have a link for it?  Would be interesting to see what they say

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Barnowl

I'm growing both Costoluto Fiorentino and Urbikany. Not at the flowering stage yet but I would like to know what to do if it happens.

Robert_Brenchley

I didn't take any pics last year - they were mostly on Black Seaman, which I'm not growing this year - but if any appear this time, I'll be keeping a record as it's an interesting phenomenon.

Larkspur

Barnowl, I have removed the strange flowers from my plants. Don't know if I should have done but it doesn't seem to have had any negative effect (yet ;D)

theothermarg

my marmands suddenly seem a lot more interesting now
marg ::)
Tell me and I,ll forget
Show me and I might remember
Involve me and I,ll understand

Barnowl

Quote from: Larkspur on May 09, 2007, 17:40:54
Barnowl, I have removed the strange flowers from my plants. Don't know if I should have done but it doesn't seem to have had any negative effect (yet ;D)

Thanks Larkspur.

Please keep us updated!

cambourne7

spoke to a guy in the garden centre today who says that the seeds have been affected by a virus.

He suggested that you contact the seed company that you purchased the seeds from as there may be some contaminated batches about.

jennym

This flower distortion isn't a disease of any sort, it's usually caused by exposure to low temperatures. Low doesn't mean terribly cold, this can happen at temperatures below 15 degrees C. Some tomato types like Marmande are more susceptible to it than others. The deformed flower can result in deformed fruit, usually known as 'catfacing'.
The only other usual reason for this type of deformity is exposure to certain hormones in some phenoxy group herbicides, which are used to control broad leaved weeds in cereal crops.

Larkspur

Thank you jennym. Though they havn't been exposed to very low temperatures all three varieties were amongst my first sowing of toms this year so exposure to temperatures below 15 degrees C. is certainly a possible answer. All my later sown varieties are unaffected.

Chris Graham

Quote from: Larkspur on May 11, 2007, 07:06:21
Thank you jennym. Though they havn't been exposed to very low temperatures all three varieties were amongst my first sowing of toms this year so exposure to temperatures below 15 degrees C. is certainly a possible answer. All my later sown varieties are unaffected.

Yeh same with me, mine have been exposed to close to freezing  ;) ;)

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Marymary

Sounds like a good answer Jenny though I had just been wondering if it could be caused by the very HIGH temperatures we have been having so early in the season- it's been up to nearly 40 in my greenhouse some days.  But then I suppose it has been quite low at night though I did have a heater during the coldest nights.

Still not clear whether I ought to remove them.  ???

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