Well, This is a Big Flower

[Setec Astronomy]

This is from my Purple Bumblebee...I don't think I've ever seen such a big tomato flower:

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[arnorrian]

Not outrageously big. I picked off a larger one yesterday.

[Clkeiper]

It is interesting that it is a single flower.

[bower]

It is certainly big for a cherry tomato flower. Looks more typical of a beef. Will be interesting to see the shape of the fruit.

[worth1]

Blossom looks fused twice to me.
We shale see.

[Setec Astronomy]

It is certainly big for a cherry tomato flower. Looks more typical of a beef. Will be interesting to see the shape of the fruit.

I have a Sunrise Bumblebee in front of it and the flowers on that look like normal cherry flowers.

It is interesting that it is a single flower.

There is another one behind it, but this first cluster only has 2 flowers, the next has 4. In comparison, the Sunrise Bumblebee has 7 on the first cluster.

Not outrageously big. I picked off a larger one yesterday.

Ok, ok...yours is bigger.

[PlainJane]

Wow! Should be interesting!

[jmsieglaff]

I’ve grown all the bumblebees, I have found the first and second sets of blossoms are prone to having fused blossoms.

[Setec Astronomy]

Blossom looks fused twice to me.
We shale see.

It is certainly big for a cherry tomato flower. Looks more typical of a beef. Will be interesting to see the shape of the fruit.

Well, that big flower produced...nothing. The normal flower behind it (that you couldn't see in the picture) did produce:

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[Shule]

[mention]Setec Astronomy[/mention]

Sad day. Reminds me of some of my B.S.X. flowers that fell off earlier this year. I'm hopeful that it'll set lots of fruit, though—but it doesn't seem ready for it quite yet. Edit: It set fruit by 18 June 2020.

[mention]jmsieglaff[/mention]

Are they all crunchy, just some of them, or just Purple Bumblebee? I've been meaning to try Pink Bumblebee some year, but I want to know if it's crunchy so I know what to expect.

Did you try Bosque Blue Bumblebee, too? I'm not sure if it's related to the other Bumblebee tomatoes, but I'm trying it this year, along with Bosque Blue, to see how those two compare.

[Labradors]

I don't do "crunchy" and, sadly, both Purple and Sunrise BB's were crunchy in my garden .

Linda

[Nan6b]

Linda,
Stay away from Danube. Alarmingly crunchy.

[Shule]

[mention]Nan6b[/mention]
Huh. I wonder if a crunchy long-fruited tomato might resist wrinkling and BER better.

I'm not particularly fond of crunchiness for fresh-eating, but I think they might be excellent for pickles, tomato relish, cooked dishes, and drying for tomato powder.

If they got a crunchy (RIN) thick-walled stuffer, that might be pretty awesome.

[Shule]

[mention]jmsieglaff[/mention]
FYI, I don't mean any disrespect to the bumblebee tomatoes by asking if they're crunchy. I know they're very popular and well-loved—I don't mean to take away from that. I guess the texture is an acquired texture for me, though, or maybe it's different in different conditions—but I do plan to give other bumblebee tomatoes at least one more try. I'll probably grow Pink Bumblebee next (and maybe Sunrise Bumblebee, too, if I obtain seeds). I might like it more grown with black plastic to warm the soil, too (the main plant of Purple Bumblebee I grew of it was kind of shaded in 2016, and the other one was overwatered and crowded the same year).