A. Wow, that may be a monstrous wanting tomato! Nevertheless, what you’ve noticed just isn’t such a rarity, and is typically seen in a variety of different vegetables and fruit, together with strawberries, melons, peppers, citrus and a few nut species. Vivipary, Latin for “reside start,” is one time period for the untimely germination of seeds whereas nonetheless contained in the fruit or connected to the plant. (One other time period is precocious germination.) It’s not unusual in overripe and vine-ripened tomatoes, and in refrigerated ones.