Wonky Tomatoes

Are you finding some wild and wonky looking tomatoes in your garden this year?

Lumpy, bumpy ones? Tomatoes with zippering or cat-facing? Two or three tomatoes fused together? Or perhaps some with sticky out-y appendages?

You are not alone.

What is the cause of these odd looking tomatoes? Mother Nature, actually. 

It was not anything that you did, it just happens sometimes.

Cool and wet conditions, rainfall, or high humidity while plants are very young, or when they are putting on blossoms, tends to make for weird looking tomatoes a month or two later.

Beefsteak tomatoes, the really big guys, and heirlooms seem to be the most prone to this funky business. I, of course, happen to love to growing heirloom beefsteaks ... double whammy  ; )    

The good news is, they are still absolutely edible and totally yummy!