Stump of the World - Not, wrong leaves

gryffin · June 2, 2017

I know this has come up before for others. My SOTW seedlings are all regular leaved- all 3 of 3 that germinated. The seed came from a reputable vendor who listed them as potato leaf. I potted up two. I gave one away, unlabelled, to someone who just wants tomatoes and doesn't care about what variety they are.

I'm trying to decide whether to plant the other one myself or find a new home for it. I only have space for 10 plants- 8 regular tomatoes in my raised bed and 2 cherry tomatoes in containers.

Should I take a chance and fill a spot with this unknown, or do I instead go out and buy a plant of some known variety to fill the spot? There are a few places locally where I can still find interesting heirloom varieties.

Ricky Shaw · June 2, 2017

Tomorrow my answer may be different, but today I would not grow out a mystery plant.

**carolyn137** · June 3, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by gryffin

I know this has come up before for others. My SOTW seedlings are all regular leaved- all 3 of 3 that germinated. The seed came from a reputable vendor who listed them as potato leaf. I potted up two. I gave one away, unlabelled, to someone who just wants tomatoes and doesn't care about what variety they are.

I'm trying to decide whether to plant the other one myself or find a new home for it. I only have space for 10 plants- 8 regular tomatoes in my raised bed and 2 cherry tomatoes in containers.

Should I take a chance and fill a spot with this unknown, or do I instead go out and buy a plant of some known variety to fill the spot? There are a few places locally where I can still find interesting heirloom varieties.

Please read Tania's link and be sure to look at the history

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Stump_of_the_World

The same info can be found in the Legacy Forum here when Quisenberry's nephew posted and surprised all of us,I think his user name was something like LQ Berry or something like that.

Hope that helps,

Carolyn

gorbelly · June 3, 2017

For me, it would depend. I only have space for about 10-12 in-ground plants, so I probably wouldn't use space on a mystery plant.

But if I had a lot of space and was also growing something similar to the variety I had intended to grow, I would grow out a mystery plant, especially if, as in the case here, there was a chance that it might be a throwback to an alternate strain.

oakley · June 3, 2017

Seeing Carolyn's link, i think i would grow that one out. I'm usually a 'fence-sitter',
'coin-tosser' when i have something not as described, but in this instance i would want
to see if it is true to flavor/taste as the RL. But i have lots of room.

Tormato · June 7, 2017

SOTW (RL & PL)... been there, done that.

I deleted the link as it didn't work, but I'll try again.

**carolyn137** · June 7, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tormato

SOTW (RL & PL)... been there, done that.

I deleted the link as it didn't work, but I'll try again.

Maybe this will work,it's the thread in the Legacy Forum where Ben Quiseberry's nephew, LQ Berry appeared,a huge surprise and answered all of our questions.

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=7544

Start with post #9

Carolyn

Tormato · June 8, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by carolyn137

Maybe this will work,it's the thread in the Legacy Forum where Ben Quiseberry's nephew, LQ Berry appeared,a huge surprise and answered all of our questions.

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=7544

Start with post #9

Carolyn

My bad, Carolyn.

What I meant to say was that I deleted a link of mine with more info on SOTW.

If one does a search here at T'ville for "Perpetual Change tomato" that thread should come up. My input is at post #11.

gryffin · June 9, 2017

I decided to go ahead and plant it, I'll see what it produces. It's my first time growing SOTW, so I won't have any basis for comparing the flavor to the potato leaf.

In the end, I decided I'd rather plant something I produced myself than go looking for something suitable elsewhere- especially after reviewing all the history on the older threads. If I like it, I'll save some seed.

What I may also do is try to start a larger batch of seedlings next year to see if I get both leaf types from the same packet. I'd do it now, but I think it is too late for me to get fruit if I were to try (I'm in NH).

June 7, 2017	#6
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,966	SOTW (RL & PL)... been there, done that. I deleted the link as it didn't work, but I'll try again. Last edited by Tormato; June 7, 2017 at 02:30 PM.

June 2, 2017	#1
gryffin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 229	Stump of the World - Not, wrong leaves I know this has come up before for others. My SOTW seedlings are all regular leaved- all 3 of 3 that germinated. The seed came from a reputable vendor who listed them as potato leaf. I potted up two. I gave one away, unlabelled, to someone who just wants tomatoes and doesn't care about what variety they are. I'm trying to decide whether to plant the other one myself or find a new home for it. I only have space for 10 plants- 8 regular tomatoes in my raised bed and 2 cherry tomatoes in containers. Should I take a chance and fill a spot with this unknown, or do I instead go out and buy a plant of some known variety to fill the spot? There are a few places locally where I can still find interesting heirloom varieties.

June 2, 2017	#2
Ricky Shaw Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro Posts: 1,910	Tomorrow my answer may be different, but today I would not grow out a mystery plant.

June 3, 2017	#4
gorbelly Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Posts: 1,069	For me, it would depend. I only have space for about 10-12 in-ground plants, so I probably wouldn't use space on a mystery plant. But if I had a lot of space and was also growing something similar to the variety I had intended to grow, I would grow out a mystery plant, especially if, as in the case here, there was a chance that it might be a throwback to an alternate strain.

June 3, 2017	#5
oakley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: NewYork 5a Posts: 2,303	Seeing Carolyn's link, i think i would grow that one out. I'm usually a 'fence-sitter', 'coin-tosser' when i have something not as described, but in this instance i would want to see if it is true to flavor/taste as the RL. But i have lots of room.

June 9, 2017	#9
gryffin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 229	I decided to go ahead and plant it, I'll see what it produces. It's my first time growing SOTW, so I won't have any basis for comparing the flavor to the potato leaf. In the end, I decided I'd rather plant something I produced myself than go looking for something suitable elsewhere- especially after reviewing all the history on the older threads. If I like it, I'll save some seed. What I may also do is try to start a larger batch of seedlings next year to see if I get both leaf types from the same packet. I'd do it now, but I think it is too late for me to get fruit if I were to try (I'm in NH).