Two flowers in one?

[Shanghaisky]

I have two Bonnie Romas I picked up from Walmart, since our season seemed to start so late here. Both are in pots waiting to go into the ground and doing well. Both have several flowers. I noticed one has two flowers growing out of one head.. anyone know what this is about? Will it create a sort of twin tomato? I'll try to edit later and add a photo. Thanks!

[applestar]

Same question from another member recently -- I want to add that sometimes this happens because the commercial growers spray them with bloom boosters (sometimes hormones) to make them more attractive in the store ....

Subject: Wisconsindead's 2017 Garden

It's a megabloom. If all of the fused blossoms are pollinated evenly, you will get a megafruit (you may want to assist). Some varieties are prone to this, and especially strains of varieties selected for competition sized fruits.

Also, when the fused blossoms are obviously a twin, with the long paste types like Roma, you can end up with fused twin fruit that are interesting-looking. Actually most fused fruits are interesting and 3 or fewer make decent fruits without the severe uneven pollination and pithy core issues.

Definitely please add photos and follow up with their development and progress

[applestar]

If you want to see some fused fruits from mega-blooms, check out these links and follow the thread:

Fused Wes, Casey's Pure Yellow, Grandma Viney's(?)
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Subject: Kamatis Tagalog

Subject: Fun With Mystery Tomatoes

[Shanghaisky]

Ooh! Well... are these sprayed bloom boosters okay to eat....? They had no flowers yet when I picked them up and were choking for lack of space and nitrogen.. yellowing leaves. They are looking better now. Here are some photos!

[jeff84]

when I was a kid I worked on a melon farm, we would see this quite often with musk melons AKA cantaloupe. they were considered undesirable/unsellable. so we ate them in the field. nothing wrong with them at all.