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Originally Posted by StrongPlant
Having tomatoes that grow like palm trees,with only one apical meristem would reduce the labor associated with sucker prunning,which is significant.Though it does have many drawbacks.Maybe it could be worked around so that the plant activates the highest meristemic sleeping tissue if the main one is damaged,like many pines do.
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Someone needs to cross Stick with other varieties to see if one can separate the non-branching and/or non-suckering traits. Use as the pollen parent, collect seeds. The F1's of a successful cross will all have the curled leaves. In the F2 and later, select for the least-suckering and least-branching. I don't know if you need to select against the curled leaves? Probably should, to get more leaf surface to better feed the fruit.
Spartanburg123 was talking about doing it... Darin, what else are you growing that would make an interesting cross? How about Brandywine OTV?
Nan