A really tiny tomato!

peebee · February 26, 2015

Of all the tomato volunteers in the office garden, I found this teeny tiny one that is different from all the rest. It is perfectly formed and only 3 inches max.
Hope this pic isn't too huge. It just rained recently and the leaves are splattered with dirt and I did not clean it up for this shot.
Is this quite common? In all my years gardening I've never seen a fully formed one starting so small. The ones around it are all much larger and also started out "normal" meaning they looked like seedlings, at 3 inches they were leggier and had only a few leaves.

Sun City Linda · February 26, 2015

How cute! I am growing several new to my cherry types and some of them had some pretty tiny foliage, but probably not that tiny. Be interesting to see what it is!

AlittleSalt · February 26, 2015

Peebee, just out of curiosity, might that be a Pinky Blast or Spike tomato plant? Those two are growing tiny leaves for me. Otherwise, they look healthy and are doing well.

KarenO · February 27, 2015

Appears to have the characteristics of a dwarf tomato plant. It's cute. I would rescue it and pot it up before it gets overshadowed by its bigger neighbours.
KarenO

Darren Abbey · February 27, 2015

I've had some micro-tomato plants start flowering when they were an inch tall.

Salsacharley · February 27, 2015

If you leave the little critter in the ground you should mulch around it to protect it from the splash back.

Cole_Robbie · February 27, 2015

I had a Terrenzo cherry come up volunteer in the high tunnel, and it looked like that. Terrenzo is a compact variety.

peebee · February 27, 2015

No Dwarfs or micro-toms were ever planted in this garden. All the volunteers are from Sungold as that was the only cherry planted so I usually wait to see what kind of fruit appears, taste them, and either save or yank out at that time.
Yeah, I'm going to dig it up and baby it at home next week. We are expecting rain this weekend so I am going to let it stay here for a bit.
I'll keep you posted as to what it turns out to be. I'll call it my Bonsai Tomato

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ddsack · February 27, 2015

Aw, what a cutie! The leaves do look similar to what I remember of Sungold seedlings. Does it by any chance have the Sungold distinctive smell to the leaves? For sure let us know when it sets fruit!

peebee · March 4, 2015

Yes DDSack, I just smelled the leaves and they smell like the SG. The plant is still small and does not look like it grew much at all since I took the pic.

ddsack · March 4, 2015

What a great find! I hope you are able to keep it going so we can see the fruit type. And save seeds!

akaRach · March 7, 2015

I had a super tiny plant like that last year. I kept and eye on it and all it did was get bushier and bushier, but not much taller and certainly no flowers or fruit

February 27, 2015	#5
Darren Abbey Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 586	I've had some micro-tomato plants start flowering when they were an inch tall. __________________ http://the-biologist-is-in.blogspot.com

February 27, 2015	#9
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,220	Aw, what a cutie! The leaves do look similar to what I remember of Sungold seedlings. Does it by any chance have the Sungold distinctive smell to the leaves? For sure let us know when it sets fruit! __________________ Dee **************

March 4, 2015	#11
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,220	What a great find! I hope you are able to keep it going so we can see the fruit type. And save seeds! __________________ Dee **************

February 26, 2015	#2
Sun City Linda Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SoCal Inland Posts: 2,705	How cute! I am growing several new to my cherry types and some of them had some pretty tiny foliage, but probably not that tiny. Be interesting to see what it is!

February 26, 2015	#3
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Peebee, just out of curiosity, might that be a Pinky Blast or Spike tomato plant? Those two are growing tiny leaves for me. Otherwise, they look healthy and are doing well.

February 27, 2015	#4
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,922	Appears to have the characteristics of a dwarf tomato plant. It's cute. I would rescue it and pot it up before it gets overshadowed by its bigger neighbours. KarenO

February 27, 2015	#6
Salsacharley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: New Mexico Posts: 2,052	If you leave the little critter in the ground you should mulch around it to protect it from the splash back.

February 27, 2015	#7
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I had a Terrenzo cherry come up volunteer in the high tunnel, and it looked like that. Terrenzo is a compact variety.

February 27, 2015	#8
peebee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern CA Posts: 1,714	No Dwarfs or micro-toms were ever planted in this garden. All the volunteers are from Sungold as that was the only cherry planted so I usually wait to see what kind of fruit appears, taste them, and either save or yank out at that time. Yeah, I'm going to dig it up and baby it at home next week. We are expecting rain this weekend so I am going to let it stay here for a bit. I'll keep you posted as to what it turns out to be. I'll call it my Bonsai Tomato .

March 7, 2015	#12
akaRach Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: South Ontario: Plant out date - May long weekend Posts: 32	I had a super tiny plant like that last year. I kept and eye on it and all it did was get bushier and bushier, but not much taller and certainly no flowers or fruit