Is a Tomato a fruit or a vegetable??

[beefy]

As long as they grow and are tasty - who cares?

[Earthbabe]

You eat belly button fluff beefy?

[johnty greentoes]

Best description I've heard is ... a fruiting vegetable ...

[Earthbabe]

Best description I've heard is ... a fruiting vegetable ...

Well that solves that problem.

[beefy]

You eat belly button fluff beefy?

Try anything once Ebabe - twice if I like it

[rustylady]

Just looked up the definition of fruit, cos I was starting to doubt myself! "Ripened reproductive body of a plant"

Therefore, tomatoes, courgettes, cucumbers, peppers etc are fruit.

Peas, beans are classified as legumes which is something else.

And rhubarb, which everyone thinks is a fruit must actually be a vegetable.

[Mrs Dobby]

Talking of tomatoes, I followed a link from the adds on the 'vine yesterday, and found this http://www.joyfultomato.com/special_report.html

The guy on here talks of removing all the leaves from your tomato plants, except for 3?

I've heard of removing leaves if blight strikes, and to encourage ripening at the end of the season, but does he actually have a point? Is it something we should be doing? Or is he just out to make a fast buck?

Any ideas or advice anyone?

(sorry for hijacking the thread Snadger, but as I wasnt sure whether to post it in Fruit or Veg categories I thought it best to tack it on here!)

[Earthbabe]

Just looked up the definition of fruit, cos I was starting to doubt myself! "Ripened reproductive body of a plant"

Therefore, tomatoes, courgettes, cucumbers, peppers etc are fruit.

Peas, beans are classified as legumes which is something else.

And rhubarb, which everyone thinks is a fruit must actually be a vegetable.

Ok, I'm not going to think about it any more because I'll only get confused, and it doesn't take much.