If a tomato runs out of the hormone that keeps seeds dormant, they may start sprouting from inside the fruit (this is called vivipary)🍅

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  • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    This would happen to me sometimes with home grown tomatos. Maybe it in part has to do with store bought are usually picked under ripe so they survive getting to the shelves? Or could be whatever mystery variety I was planting