Natural genetic variations

cassiani · May 29, 2018

From all these years of growing plants this is a first for me. I have this tomato plant in my garden it's an Italian heirloom it's growing multiple branches from the mainstem: Usually as a plant grows it makes new set of leaf by pair of two that eventually becomes the branches but mine makes it by 4!! I am growing 6 from the same seed source (a tomato) this is the only one who has this mutation.
It's a little shorter than the others but I guess it just need more energy to grow like that.
Can't wait to see it flowering

Greatgardens · May 29, 2018

Could you post a picture?

zipcode · May 30, 2018

Is that happening just below the first flower truss? If so, it's not so unusual, it's related to the same problem that creates those huge first megablooms.

slugworth · May 30, 2018

that one may be worth cloning.

bower · May 30, 2018

Cool! Signing me up for the updates.

cassiani · May 30, 2018

IMG_20180530_072315.jpgYou guys might enjoy some pics..
I am a little old school my phone is an old flip flop and my only camera and internet source is my old tablet with a single side camera. Trying to get perfect picture while laying on the ground looking at my screen for decent angle and everything makes it hard but anyway here are some fresh from this morning.

cassiani · May 30, 2018

Zipcode: plant is still young and just over one foot tall. No flower trusses on this one yet but the way grows It looks like it's gonna be massively blooming.

bower · May 30, 2018

Wow! Very cool, and very short internodes. Gotta love a compact plant... Are they determinate or indeterminate variety?

Salsacharley · May 30, 2018

Those leaves look to be PL (potato leaf). Very cool. I'm not aware of any Italian varieties that are PL, which means there could be dozens.

oakley · May 30, 2018

That will be fun to watch. I had similar last year in a micro that struggled to produce any fruit. Less dramatic
than yours.
And this year in a dwarf that looks like Stick. (I've never grown Stick but via photos)
It has a very tight top growth like a pom-pom.

Pics are great even with a struggle....

oakley · May 31, 2018

Here is mine that is similar. It was an odd seedling from the get go.
It dropped the lower leaves on its own a week or so ago after potting up.

oakley · May 31, 2018

oops, here is a pic

bower · May 31, 2018

Oakley that's pretty awesome... would make a very cool ornamental.

Even more so if it flowers and fruits of course!

cassiani · May 31, 2018

Very nice! It looks a lot like mine. Let's keep posting pics as the season goes!
Anyone else had similar??

slugworth · May 31, 2018

Years ago on a multiple cotyledon seedling.
The plant had 30% more foliage compared to it's siblings.

May 29, 2018	#1
cassiani Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: montreal Posts: 31	Natural genetic variations From all these years of growing plants this is a first for me. I have this tomato plant in my garden it's an Italian heirloom it's growing multiple branches from the mainstem: Usually as a plant grows it makes new set of leaf by pair of two that eventually becomes the branches but mine makes it by 4!! I am growing 6 from the same seed source (a tomato) this is the only one who has this mutation. It's a little shorter than the others but I guess it just need more energy to grow like that. Can't wait to see it flowering

May 30, 2018	#7
cassiani Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: montreal Posts: 31	Zipcode: plant is still young and just over one foot tall. No flower trusses on this one yet but the way grows It looks like it's gonna be massively blooming. Last edited by cassiani; May 30, 2018 at 07:44 AM.

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May 29, 2018	#2
Greatgardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,124	Could you post a picture?

May 30, 2018	#3
zipcode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6 Posts: 1,582	Is that happening just below the first flower truss? If so, it's not so unusual, it's related to the same problem that creates those huge first megablooms.

May 30, 2018	#4
slugworth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: connecticut,usa Posts: 1,150	that one may be worth cloning.

May 30, 2018	#5
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,793	Cool! Signing me up for the updates.

May 30, 2018	#9
Salsacharley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: New Mexico Posts: 2,052	Those leaves look to be PL (potato leaf). Very cool. I'm not aware of any Italian varieties that are PL, which means there could be dozens.

May 30, 2018	#10
oakley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: NewYork 5a Posts: 2,303	That will be fun to watch. I had similar last year in a micro that struggled to produce any fruit. Less dramatic than yours. And this year in a dwarf that looks like Stick. (I've never grown Stick but via photos) It has a very tight top growth like a pom-pom. Pics are great even with a struggle....

May 31, 2018	#11
oakley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: NewYork 5a Posts: 2,303	Here is mine that is similar. It was an odd seedling from the get go. It dropped the lower leaves on its own a week or so ago after potting up.