[permaculture-oceania] ADVICE REQUEST: mystery tomato sprouting

[Russ Grayson]

Hello...
Can anyone advise me on what I might tell the person who sent this request?

Her letter:
"The following query comes from a work colleague.

"Recently my colleague purchased 'vine ripened' tomatoes from ALDI. Prior to
eating, she placed the tomatoes on the kitchen window sill to ripen for a
few days (for taste preferences, she has ripened tomatoes this way for
decades). 

"When this most recent batch of tomatoes were cut, she noticed the seeds
inside were sprouting, up to one centrimetre & were quite green.

"As she has never witnessed this before she was very concerned as to the
provenance of the seeds.

"Can you please advise why this has occurred?".

Any advice will be passed on. Thanks for considering this.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
RUSS GRAYSON
journalism, online content production, photojournalism, instructional
manuals, media services for overseas aid

PO Box 1045, Manly, NSW 1655 AUSTRALIA
info at pacific-edge.info
P: 0414 065 203
www.pacific-edge.info

TerraCircle international development team, Oceania
www.terracircle.org.au

Australian City Farms & Community Gardens Network
www.communitygarden.org.au
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^