Hello pbs friends,
I need your help so please don't get upset about the subject matter.
We recently picked up some vine ripened tomatoes at the Super Market
which are sold with the vine still attached to the tomatoes. They
are expensive
but I had a taste for the real deal. The tomatoes sat around for a
while and I noticed
that they looked as if something was bulging out of the sides. I
left it sitting on the counter
and finally decided to perform surgery. The inside looked like
worms or maggots at first
glance but closer scrutiny showed little vines; the tomatoes
looked as if they had been pumped full of vines or roots. I let
this tomato sit on the counter to see what would happen
and the sprouts kept sprouting toward the light and getting leggy
like my Oxalis plants. Meanwhile
the other tomatoes had what looked like branches growing out of the
tomatoes. I put these sprouts
on top of dirt in a yogurt cup, put the lid on ( clear plastic) I
had to remove the lid because the sprouts were getting to high and
are turning into little tomato plants. I also did an experiment by
putting the
sprouts into a yogurt cup and adding water. I gave up this idea
because it really smells like fish.and turned
brown. The long and short of it is... what the heck are they doing
to grow tomatoes? I have a few experiments going on because i want
to see how fast the vines will grow out side and I am dying to see
the end product. This could be easier than planting seeds because
I just pull out a clump of of vines and plant them in dirt, water,
or leave them sitting inside of the tomatoes. Usually there were
vines and no seeds. I saw three seeds
in one tomato.

Please humor me, I am curious about the possibilities because I
just started to pay attention to how things are grown recently.
Take Care Friends and please send your comments to the list or my
personal address
scamp@earthlink.net. 
Cheers,
Scamp the un - Earth lady.            

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