Plot twist, those are average sized tomatoes.
Tomatoes
All about the growing and eating of tasty tomatoes!
The funny thing is that species (Solanum pimpinellifolium) is the ancestor of all varieties of tomatoes.
Edit: Actually, thinking a bit more "all varieties" is a bit of a broad statement to make. There are other species of wild Solanum that are sexually compatible with tomatoes which have been used in breeding, so some tomato breeds might have a bit of DNA from other species. But most of the genetics of modern tomatoes breeds are descended from Solanum pimpinellifolium.
Well I see why our ancestors decided to cultivate them!
Are they sweet or tart? I’d love a handful.
On the tart side, but not especially sour.
Oh man, I bet they make fantastic quiches!
Salad gushers
I joked that they were vegan caviar.
Kind of glad I accidentally killed these seedlings earlier this year.
Would this make a good tomato sauce? You mentioned them not keeping well due to splitting at the top, but if they were to be smashed/blended/strained quickly and are producing hundreds per day then you should be able to make a good sauce over a season right?
I'm sure you could, and it would taste great, but the level of effort it took to pick that number was just not worth my limited daily gardening time.
Last year I kinda went insane with the number of tomato plants I grew, if you look at the community header, it's a picture of my kitchen counter completely covered with tomatoes. At peak harvest, I was pulling out at least 100lbs of tomatoes a week. When you've got a dozen 2lb tomatoes to eat/process, plucking little micro ones becomes less appealing.
That's a berry.
Tomato's are berries?
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