Possible Promiscous Tomato Flower?

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Hi there all. I am not sure what we have tomato flowerwise. I think that we have possible Promiscous Tomato Flowers?

The tomato flowers are a cross between Genuwine x Beefsteak tomato plants. All of these photos were taken a while back, in 02/11/24.

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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.

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Are these possibly Promiscous Tomato Flowers? Any help and insight will be highly appreciated.

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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.

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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.

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