Mismatched tomato flowers

frivolous_fay

I can't remember the name of the two plants I've got, but they were described as ugly but tasty. But the flowers are weird - the first ones are opening now, and they're huge... like mini sunflowers But on the same plant are more normal looking flowers... bigger than average I'd say, but with a normal amount of petals. Is this unusual in a tomato?

misskool

sounds like marmande. Some of the first flowers that I grew last year were similar. Normal for heritage tomatoes I'm informed reliably.

rabidbun

Happened on a few varieties I grew in the last couple of years - happens with large fruiting tomatoes sometimes. Fruit from them will be huge and misshapen, but if you're happy with that just leave them, they'll be fine. Called fused blossoms.

foxgloves

Hi,
Yes, I think they will be 'Marmande'. The flowers are bigger & for some reason, the firsst few can often be sort of fused together like the previous post says. It's nothing to worry about. The tomatoes are big, irregular & so can the plants be at times, but they taste lovely & make fantastic pasta sauce for stocking up the freezer for winter. I used to find that one slice could fill a whole bread roll, so that was quick packed lunches, with a bit of ham or cheese thrown in!