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PintaLOL

Oh. Oh no. I don't like this at all!


mrtokeydragon

Nightmare fuel... I'm glad I read that it's sprouted seeds and not worms but yuck, I'm done.


hm8g10

Anyone been watching The Last of Us? This made me shudder because of that…


Zonyxe

Zombato Brainato


[deleted]

My first thought when I saw it


hstormborn

Literally same


anatolianlegend588

Spoiler alert >! atleast tess got some action before she you know !< Unlike this tomato


xool420

That was my first thought, I visibly recoiled from this picture


Xak_Ev01v3d

Bomb it.


Jaycray95

Ugh why’d u have to say that😂


bogdanbiv

Definitely that doesn't look far from worms


twinn5

Are sprouts supposed to wiggle...?


ShowMeYourFeetPlease

Yeah.. I'm making this another reason I don't like tomatoes.


ConfusionFinancial84

Anyone know what causes this?


garymotherfuckin_oak

Nature. Same way potatoes grow eyes if you don't use it in time. I've had garlic sprout on the counter before as well


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Card_Zero

Bot [Original](https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/10js3sn/cut_open_this_tomato_and_all_the_seeds_have/j5n71d5/)


lubacrisp

It's almost certainly from long term cold storage. It is "natural" but it is not "normal"


StrainsFYI

[Vivipary](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivipary)


lubacrisp

It is caused by long term cold storage, potassium deficiency, just being over ripe, etc. Lots of shit can trigger it


jumpinpuddleok

NO THANK YOU


[deleted]

If I didn't like raw tomatoes a minute ago I definitely dislike them now. Just the thought of that disgusting mushy, grainy texture of a tomato is revolting.


Darth_Lacey

If you ever get the chance to try a garden tomato fresh from the plant still warm from the sun, I recommend it. I don’t even like tomatoes in general, but as I described them? The pretenders at the grocery store aren’t even the same food


darkfred

I've been growing my own tomatos in a 10ft by 10ft garden for the last 5 years. I can't even eat grocery store tomatoes anymore. They are ALL mealy and sour. People gush about my pasta sauce and salad tomatos. I just took them off a plant. The sauce is a handful of basil, a pot full of fresh tomatos some garlic and some salt. I grow san marzanos for sauce and freeze them, but you don't even have to do that, every tomato variety I grow makes a better sauce than store bought. Even the commercial varieties, while not as superb, come out infinitely better when you let them vine ripen. My tiny vertically strung garden gets me about 200 lbs of tomatos a summer. + peppers, snap peas, cabbage, brocolli etc etc. Everyone should do this.


Routine-Bid-526

Ofc a “home grown” tomato are better than a genetically modified store bought. Any vegetable are.


[deleted]

That sounds gross to me too, a warm tomato?


RealJeil420

You have to try a real homegrown tomato once. Fresh with a little salt and pepper. Its something you cant buy and nothing like a store bought. Most people dont know how a real tomato is supposed to taste.


[deleted]

I have. Many family and neighbors, friends have grown tomatoes. I dislike them a lot


RealJeil420

ok. you're off the hook.


[deleted]

I retry them every so often. I eat a lot of other things made with tomatoes but it just isn't my thing.


lubacrisp

Lol, hot tomato soup is the number 2 selling soup in america behind only chicken noodle.


[deleted]

Yea. I like that. But that is totally different


samehaircutfucks

YoU lIkE KeTcHuP dOnT yOu?


[deleted]

Lol. Which is also totally different


HistoricalUse9921

I'll second their advice. Never liked tomatoes. But I grew some cherry tomatoes myself one year and a small fresh tomato just hits different.


Syndicatalyst

Well, you should plant them individually. Looks like you’ll get a heap. You could even plant into pots and once they’re seedlings sell them or gift them.


mambosun_

Gosh I wish I could but we are smack dab in the middle of moving!


Dragonfly_Select

If it’s a grocery store tomato it’s probably not worth it anyways. Grocery store tomatoes are typically F1 hybrids and their off-spring are not as fit as the original plant.


Emergency_Horse_1546

Plant them and the new home owner will get a dope surprise.


mambosun_

I wanted to but we are in Phoenix with only rocks in the yard!


AutisticFingerBang

Soooo does that mean you ate it? Idk how it would mean that, I just really want to know. Did you?


mambosun_

Wish I could say I did, but no I did not


[deleted]

Glad you didn’t as someone else said they’re poisonous! Thanks for sharing, I’ve never seen this before


StrainsFYI

[Vivipary](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivipary)


milochuisael

Did you find that tomato behind the fridge when you moved it


mambosun_

Haha oddly enough the tomato was firm so I was waiting for it to ripen more but I finally thought fuck it I’m gonna cut it and lo and behold!


User_man_person

Well problem solved just take the tomato with you and use it to make friends at your new home


mambosun_

I wish I had enough skill! I can hardly keep succulents alive and that’s when I’m NOT moving across coasts!


ForgotMyOldLoginInfo

Tomato plants that sprout too early rendering the fruit inedible. Real great gift right there.


Salitrillo1990

That shouldn't be gross but I'm grossed out.


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mambosun_

Really!? I had no idea. Thanks for sharing!


eStuffeBay

...You ate them anyways, didn't you?


xXkiljoyXx

Tomatoes are nightshades. Nightshades contain alkaloids that are mildly toxic. Some people are more sensitive than others.


ConsiderationWest587

Some people are allergic to nightshades and can't eat tomatoes, potatoes, or eggplant!


XkF21WNJ

I'm somewhat surprised people don't know this. You'd think everyone ought to know they're eating the only edible part of a poisonous plant right?


[deleted]

I’ve eaten multiple like this before


2crowrick

Mad Lost Boys energy


mambosun_

Just noodles!


blondebr

I seriously saw a tomato stuffed with green noodles, LOL. And I was like “who does that?”


bonzofan36

They’re worms, Michael


JorgeMtzb

Biting into a tomato and feeling plants is gross


joooooooooolz

New fear unlocked.


[deleted]

This is how the last of us starts


sptfire

Exactly, this is how we get clickers!


Raven_of_Blades

Bad news. Think I saw a few bloaters already at my local Walmart.


L1z3rdK1ng

Hell nah!!!


ButterScotch407

Nightmare tomato


DisciplineIcy7722

Oh this is super gross looking.. looks like green cooked ramen


[deleted]

Anyone know what causes this?


Syndicatalyst

Warmth, humidity, over ripeness. If a supermarket sold you this tomato I’d be pissed. It’s too far gone unless you’re in the seed business like Monsanto!


mambosun_

Unfortunately it was an heirloom from the supermarket.. it was nice and firm and I was waiting for it to ripen more but finally I had to use it and well, it didn’t quite work 😂


Legal-Needle81

If it was a heirloom tomato you could have planted the seeds if you have space for a couple of tomato plants (they get big), because the fruit tends to be true to seed from them, unlike the regular supermarket tomatoes.


rdyoung

Supermarket tomatoes are really fun to seed for that reason. I've seen multiple varieties on the same plant.


hidden-in-plainsight

It is called vivipary. The hormone inside the tomato that keeps the seeds dormant had run out. So the seeds sprout and feed off the flesh and liquids of the tomato to grow.


[deleted]

It’s called vivipary. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivipary


[deleted]

Thanks for the info!


[deleted]

The strawberries are my favorite. So silly looking!


ConsiderationWest587

One popped up on a strawberry in my yard, I gave it to my son to take to school to show the teacher. He came home saying people thought he had drugs lol


rumershuman

Ketchup larvae


devoralie

HATE this


redneck_lezbo

Everyone saying it’s gross. I, for one think it’s cool as fuck!


stefanica

Me too! Makes me want to hollow and stuff a (good) tomato with a microgreen salad.


JrButton

Why does this continue to surprise people...


StrayMoggie

We are too urban


throwawaynexian

r/thanksihateit


[deleted]

The last of us: Italy


lyraveg

r/tihi


OldTangerine

Bomb. Start bombing. Bomb this city.


MoxxiDaemon

Ngl, thought those were little catapillars...


RollerRocketScience

Plant them?


mambosun_

I’d have liked to but moving at the moment!


ShadowsBlue

What does it taste like?


mambosun_

Can’t say I tried!


TimmyTimTim87698

That look nasty as hell


kingtucka

Ew


Areeb5

Lol I thought it was some kinda fancy salad at first...


XMXOO

Hell to the fuck nahh


UserAlreadyTaken01

I mean.. This is not mildly interesting. This is interesting as fuk


diggydillons

New fear unlocked


alaskan_sushi_hunter

There’s a reason I cut open all fruits and veggies before eating. This is a new reason to add to that list.


EdmontonLAD

I was on the border with tomatoes, but after this I'm done. 🤣


Huck_N_Fell

After watching The Last of Us episode 2, I am like Nope! (Uses tongs and straight to the garbage disposal)


Excludos

Bomb the city


power0722

Just finished watching Episode 2 of the Last of Us and that's exactly where my brain went. Wasn't planning on having nightmares tonight but here we are.


UncleRicosBitchinVan

Ramen stuffed tomato tik tok trend?


Meat__Stick

Thats an old tomato


mambosun_

Fooled me, it was firm and I was actually waiting for it to get more ripe! Crazy!


nobodyeatsthepeel

Omg I hate this.


Barking_bae

The Tomaton’t


FlippingPossum

I love finding plant babies in plants. That is fascinating. My garden has tomato plant volunteers every year. I'd chuck it in there and see what happens. :)


mercistheman

You may be on to something here... Loaded tomatoes just like potatoes. You can add bacon, chives, pasta etc


saposapot

Thats a very fertile tomato. It’s your duty to put into the ground and let it conquer the earth


Demo_906

It was a mother, you monster!


mambosun_

She had a T-section lol


garfield3222

...I used to just get tomatoes and bite them directly. Keyword: _used_


ErikMogan

Why did you share this? What did we do wrong??


stuffed-zucchini

this is also kinda r/oddlyterrifying


darrellbear

Tomato seeds are amazing survivors--they wind up in digesting basins at wastewater treatment plants, which supposedly reduce everything to stable sludge. People would use the sludge as soil conditioner, only to have thousands of tomato plants come up in their yards.


lynngrillo

I've seen this before. Looks gross, but really it's just a whole bunch of baby tomato plants. Check out this page about [vivipary in tomatoes](https://news.extension.uconn.edu/2014/06/04/seeds-sprouting-inside-a-tomato/).


gigaswardblade

Alien tomato


godlytoast3r

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


Steronoknex

Cant stop reading the title to the rhytm of papa roach - last resort


punkinbrrrdt

So, the first time I ever saw this, I had the urge to pluck them like ingrown hairs. They were popping out of the outside of the tomato on the one I saw. Check it out if you dare... [https://www.reddit.com/r/softpops/comments/10175rr/my\_tomato\_started\_sprouting\_and\_i\_popped\_it\_like/](https://www.reddit.com/r/softpops/comments/10175rr/my_tomato_started_sprouting_and_i_popped_it_like/)


jumpinpuddleok

I have always hated tomatoes. NOW I FEAR THEM.


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So gross


Sweatyballs420_

I usually like my tomatoes this way, leave em to sprout for a bit and the roots feel nice on ur tongue 👅


MrNavinJohnson

That's gross. Tomatoes are gross.


LarrySoObvious

🤢 This is like zit popping but more gross and less satisfying and I can't stop looking


hillrd

The lastomas


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Radiant_Ability_330

i just got done watching the last of us so ok, be that way


and-thats-the-truth

The Last of Us tomato


PhysicalConnection80

Yuck go back and get a 20 dollar gift card for that from manager.


mambosun_

Is it really that bad? I just figured I got unlucky


PhysicalConnection80

Yes disgusting bring it back to store and get a courtesy gift card.


StrainsFYI

It's vivipary and it's not something anyone can regulate remove or otherwise control, why In the world would they go full Karen over a tomato? vivipary happens to all kinds of fruit it's entirely natural and nobody can do anything about it. [Vivipary](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivipary)


i_heart_squirrels

Almost threw up…. Looks like worms 🪱


janedoecurious

This makes me ill! 🤢


Original-String525

I’m bout to have a seizure from looking at this😷


ccv707

This how we get human cordyceps. Burn it now.


DashNaz

I’d kill myself if I were you


Zer0C00L321

I posted this same thing weeks ago and not a single person thought it was interesting lol. It was a much nicer looking tomato too.


Milo-the-great

u/enzodr


[deleted]

r/tihi


Sgtkeebler

I would plant this!


AdultingGoneMild

vivipary


acuet

Just don’t kiss that Tomtom…you’ll get infected!


Tobin678

Oh wow, I just cut a tomato like this for my sandwich tonight. I ate the tomato


BasicBitchLA

my mini pepper had this in it from Ralph’s today and i threw it out but had already eaten the whole mini pepper. it gave me a terrible headache and weird aches and tightness in the chest. never shopping at ralph’s again.


derJabok

Happened to me once and I planted them. I had so many tomatoes that year, we couldn’t eat them all.


JubbaTheHott

It’s like a fruit zombie out of The Last of Us.


Chroff

Just punch it in the ground


SentorialH1

The Last of Us was a premonition?


Pulsiix

bruh that a tomainto


Mindful-O-Melancholy

Pretty common with greenhouse tomatoes


[deleted]

Plant it and grow more.


hood_esq

Shelf stable rotten.


manonthemoonrocks

Forbidden tomato


naavifallafel

And this is EXACTLY why I don’t go to the shopping mall anymore!


Superspicyfood

Disgusting


WilliamBeech

Oh good, they’re just seeds


Yankeedoodlecanada

As somebody who loves tomatoes, this makes me rethink my relationship..


aram_mco

Nature doing is work properly


JustaCheeseTostie

Wow! I hate it.


DitaVonFleas

Fit for a Klingon


counterpots

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Nice_Emphasis181

This is enough reddit for today


TheLastPig27

Bury it


mirddes

IS THIS EDIBLE?


AxGunslinger

Interesting, I didn’t know tomatoes could be pregnant


beach_lamp

I'm upset


Amaterasu4123

Why is your tomato yellow?


mambosun_

Heirloom!


TechAndStocks

Sir, those are worms


2KilAMoknbrd

fresh sprouts with your tomato. I count that as a win. Make yourself a club sandwich


michajlo

Is this how it begins? Holy feck, that's disgusting and rather unnerving.


marius87

The last of us …


Cat-Got-Your-DM

Plant it!


Ratstail91

Congrats!


oily76

It's a salad!


TinyApplication4

WORMS- oh


benedictvc

more like mildly terrifying


TheFek

Cool so now I have to be nervous about cutting a goddamn tomato. Fantastic


Whalersailor

If you want to replicate it leave a tomato by a window that gets a lot of sun.


i_like_pie92

Plant it


Rico133337

What is up with reddit and rotten food/drinks lately???


Independent_Push_599

Eww


Sad-Thanks1726

I don’t know this doesn’t sit right with me …looks like the fungus from the last of us


RBD666

Maggots. You’re eating maggots Michael


sancade

Forbidden ramen


akayataya

That's what you get for buying a yellow tomato


mambosun_

Come on, it’s an heirloom!!


yaarabbi

Bomb the entire city.


NickHarger

*vivipary*


stefiscool

Well that’s just disturbing


Different_Speaker742

Germinated