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this is the first time such a plant has been available to home growers. the fruits are loaded with anthocyanins, which have substantial health benefits. i have some that have just germinated.
This nightshade is purple because its creators at Norfolk Plant Sciences worked for about 20 years to hack color genes from a snapdragon flower into the plant. The genes not only provide pigment, but high levels of anthocyanin, a health-promoting compound.
This dusky fruit, named the Purple Tomato, is the first genetically modified food crop to be directly marketed to home gardeners – the seeds went on sale Saturday. Last year, a handful of small farmers started growing and selling the tomatoes, but until now, genetically modified foods were generally only available to commercial producers in the U.S.
In a research published in Nature, Martin found that mice who ate a diet supplemented with purple tomatoes lived 30% longer than those who didn't.
I've grown "black" tomatoes such as Black Cherry and many full-sized black tomatoes for decades. Most of them are heirlooms from cold countries in Eastern Europe.
The black heirloom tomatoes probably don't have as many anthocyanins as this genetically modified Purple Tomato but my choice would be to stick with black heirloom tomatoes rather than a gene altered version, mainly because heirloom tomatoes have been tested over thousands of years and been found safe for human consumption.
I voted no. Although I would probably try once just to have a different look in the garden.
I can find other beneficial fruits and vegetables to have. I don't want something "modified". Give me natural
The frankenfruit angle doesn’t bother me much. I have issue with black, purple, yellow tomatoes. Just don’t like the look, they should be orange-y red!
I'll stick with the heirloom Cherokee purple tomato. I planted them once and now they come up every year from seeds scattered by wildlife....not always where I would prefer them to grow, so sometimes transplanting is required.
I'll stick with the heirloom Cherokee purple tomato. I planted them once and now they come up every year from seeds scattered by wildlife....not always where I would prefer them to grow, so sometimes transplanting is required.
these wouldn't be a good choice to replace a large tomato like a cherokee purple - they're much smaller, basically cherry-sized. but traditional purple tomatoes only have anthocyanins in the skin, whereas these contain anthocyanins throughout the entire tomato flesh.
I voted "yes" only because it doesn't bother me to have added color genes in my fruit. However, I do not grow any food because of the way it looks or the color of it. I have no interest in novelty.
Prove to me that it both produces superior flavor and that it will grow well in my area, and then I will order some seeds and grow it.
I grow snapdragons. I have no problem about eating snap dragons. I don't think that eating purple tomatoes will turn my brain cells purple.
But it is too bad that scientists didn't graft on something useful like the cold-hardiness of green peas, instead of a pretty color.
A bit off topic, but I grow purple asparagus. I had proof that it is a an excellent tasting plant and not just a novelty color, so I grow it.
I voted "yes" only because it doesn't bother me to have added color genes in my fruit. However, I do not grow any food because of the way it looks or the color of it. I have no interest in novelty.
Prove to me that it both produces superior flavor and that it will grow well in my area, and then I will order some seeds and grow it.
I grow snapdragons. I have no problem about eating snap dragons. I don't think that eating purple tomatoes will turn my brain cells purple.
But it is too bad that scientists didn't graft on something useful like the cold-hardiness of green peas, instead of a pretty color.
A bit off topic, but I grow purple asparagus. I had proof that it is a an excellent tasting plant and not just a novelty color, so I grow it.
it's far more than just a novelty color.
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This nightshade is purple because its creators at Norfolk Plant Sciences worked for about 20 years to hack color genes from a snapdragon flower into the plant. The genes not only provide pigment, but high levels of anthocyanin, a health-promoting compound.
In a research published in Nature, Martin found that mice who ate a diet supplemented with purple tomatoes lived 30% longer than those who didn't.
No, as when I grow, I grow heirlooms. I avoid all the GMO'd things that I can!
Since mice live about 2 years, a 30% longevity increase isn't that impressive to me. Plus, if I were a lab mouse, I would just as soon get it over with.
I bet the seeds will be expensive, and being GMO, doesn't that mean one and done for the seed? Could you save the seeds and plant and actually get "fruit" like with an heirloom, as I know with hybrids, you cannot.
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