The plants were loaded heavily with very large flowers, there weren’t any small flowers among them. I’ve always heard that these type of flowers are called ‘megabloom/blossoms,’ and that they will produce large conjoined fruits.
Definitely looks like it. Though if it is from a strictly promiscuous gene or just a happy coincidence as a result of the fasciated flower I don’t know. Regardless if the stamen and the stigma are exposed it’s certainly capable of crossing and being crossed.
Those are open and the style is a bit long. It could cross pollinate, but not at a high rate. The style needs to be even longer for a higher rate of outcrossing.
I just have regular tomato plants (cherry, pear, early girl etc.) with closed flowers. I see lots of bees, particularly bumblebees going to the flowers. I know the vibration from the bees helps pollinate by dislodging the pollin within the flower. My question is, do the bees get anything out of it? If the flower is closed, can they still get to the nectar somehow? Are they just wasting their time?
