He planted the seeds from a McDonald's hamburger tomato and was amazed by the result.

James Prigioni, a gardening content creator, regularly impresses his followers with all kinds of videos. One of his most attention-grabbing experiments featured an unlikely star: a McDonald’s burger.

Prigioni took two tomato slices from two burgers purchased from the fast-food chain and successfully grew two completely healthy tomato plants over the course of 124 days, documenting the entire process in a YouTube video that has racked up more than two million views.

An unusual way to make use of a McDonald’s burger

The experiment began by planting the tomato seeds from the burger in two different ways. For one plant, he removed and planted two seeds in a red plastic cup. For the other, he placed an entire tomato slice, taken directly from the burger, into the soil in another cup.

After 23 days, Prigioni moved both plants outdoors. The plant grown from the extracted seeds was transplanted into a bucket, while the one grown from the tomato slice was planted directly in the ground.

By day 94, he was able to harvest tomatoes from the plant in the bucket. The tomatoes developed successfully even though he admitted he had not watered it as consistently as he should have during the hotter days. On day 108, he revealed the results of the plant grown from the tomato slice, which had dozens of tomatoes ripening on its branches.

While he expected this tomato plant to grow, Prigioni shared that he didn’t expect what actually happened. “I was completely blown away,” he says in the video. “I mean, I have had some plants with a lot of tomatoes on them, but never in my life have I seen a single tomato plant with this much fruit on it.”

As for the flavor, he said the tomatoes were “sweet, but a mild sweet,” and added, “the kind of tomato you could just eat a bunch of it.”

He also explained that they appear to be Roma tomatoes and noted that they are “likely hybrids,” meaning each plant can grow differently and may not remain true to seed.

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