Very cool Garrett! Glad to see someone else playing with this interesting plant.
William - forgot to update you. Didn't see too much in the way of exposed stigmas. Out of 25ish flowers, there were around 5 that looked like the stigma was maybe about level with the top of the cone, and 2 more just barely exposed. It's possible there are more than that, on some of the crazier flowers I'm having trouble distinguishing what parts are what because everything seems out of place. Regardless, there might still be a place for them in a 'promiscuous pollination' patch though... once the flowers open up they seem ready to share gobs and gobs of pollen. Shake them a little bit and it just falls out. Touch them and it's yellow streaks on your fingers.
The flowers are interesting. Some of them are like the fused kind of beefsteak flowers that I've seen called "marigold" style flowers. But there are a bunch more that have the same multiple stigmas/anthers/etc, except they're arranged in a neat and tidy little donut / ring shape. Sepals around the outside as usual, then a ring of all the important bits, and then some bonus sepal-like structures in a tiny ring right in the center of the flower. And I did notice a couple of flowers that look like they might only form a single globe.
Work got busy and I missed the opportunity to hit some of my first-choice target plants with pollen. Looks like I'll be starting a new round of seeds. I may let a few take over the indoor grow room. Anyone have tips on the best light cycle (or anything else) for growing tomatoes indoors? Never tried before.
