Day2: LGP-26-B2 (Tomato)

May 31, 2026 • 12:10 PM UTC

India

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Tomatoes are mostly water — about 95% of it. So, I was curious, what does that actually look like up closely? I peeled a thin layer and mounted it on the foldscope.
Observations:
At 50x, the tissue was densely packed with circular structures of different sizes — almost like bubbles within bubbles, with a honeycomb cluster visible in one corner. At 140x, stoma-like openings became strikingly visible, ringed with radiating fibers, like tiny eyes staring back. At 340x, large irregular cells with thick, well-defined walls came into view — the internal compartments clearly visible, likely the juice-filled cells that make tomatoes so watery. I did not expect a tomato to be this interesting, honestly.

Here are the photos of the samples:

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