{"id":6541,"date":"2018-11-16T09:54:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T17:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=6541"},"modified":"2018-11-16T09:54:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T17:54:09","slug":"wait-what-is-inside-my-tomato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=6541","title":{"rendered":"Wait\u2026 What is inside my tomato?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon I went food shopping because I had a hankering for a simple lettuce and tomato salad. <\/p>\n<p>I washed and prepared the lettuce. Washed the tomato. Cut the tomato. Placed some of the tomato on the lettuce. Then noticed something odd.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/20181115_TomatoesSeedsSprouting2.jpg\" alt=\"Tomato Seeds Sprouting\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">2018 November 15 Afternoon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On closer look, it became clear that several tomato seeds were sprouting inside the tomato. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/20181115_TomatoesSeedsSprouting1.jpg\" alt=\"Tomato Seeds Sprouting\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">2018 November 15 Afternoon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Apparently, I was under the mistaken notion that tomato seeds cannot sprout inside the fruit. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/20181116_TomatoesSeedsSprouting1.jpg\" alt=\"Tomato Seeds Sprouting\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">2018 November 16 Morning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/20181116_TomatoesSeedsSprouting2.jpg\" alt=\"Tomato Seeds Sprouting\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">2018 November 16 Morning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.extension.uconn.edu\/2014\/06\/04\/seeds-sprouting-inside-a-tomato\/\" >College Of Agriculture, Health And Natural Resources Extension<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Vivipary happens when the hormone controlling the seed dormancy is exhausted or runs out, letting the seed grow in the moist environment inside the fruit.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.agriculture.purdue.edu\/agcomm\/newscolumns\/archives\/ITG\/2010\/March\/100305ITG.html\" >B. Rosie Lerner, Purdue Extension Consumer Horticulturist<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>In tomatoes, cool temperatures coupled with low light conditions (such as in refrigeration) is thought to inhibit that particular PGR (plant-growth regulators), thus allowing the seeds to germinate inside the moist, warm environment of the fruit, when brought back to room temperature. <\/p>\n<p>The sprouts of tomato seeds are toxic, so you should not eat the fruit.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n<p>Since I had tossed some of the cut tomato into my salad I removed it and rewashed the lettuce.<\/p>\n<p>What should I do with the rest of the tomatoes that I purchased? <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/20181116_PurchasedTomatoes.jpg\" alt=\"Purchased Tomatoes\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/20181116_PurchasedTomatoesSticker.jpg\" alt=\"Purchased Tomatoes Stickers\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Outrageously Fresh? Sure they could be. Perhaps what could have happened\u2013the tomatoes<br \/>\nwere chilled between harvest and the shelf in the grocery store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>If I don\u2019t slice the tomatoes could the seeds sprout and emerge through the skin? That would be very cool.<\/p>\n<p>What should I do with the sprouting seeds? Plant them?<br \/>\nNo guarantee what I might get if any of the seedlings survive.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon I went food shopping because I had a hankering for a simple lettuce and tomato salad. I washed and prepared the lettuce. Washed the tomato. Cut the tomato. Placed some of the tomato on the lettuce. Then noticed something odd. 2018 November 15 Afternoon On closer look, it became clear that several tomato &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=6541\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wait\u2026 What is inside my tomato?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6541"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6554,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6541\/revisions\/6554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}