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I started the first potting up task on my main tray today and started finding a few "non-standard" or "unexpected" seedlings. Thought it would be fun to start a thread where we could all share some of those "wierd biology" things that Mother Nature throws at us each year. Who knows, maybe someone will have a "goodie" find and not know it. So here goes:
Picture #1 = Both of those seedlings came out of a Ponderosa Red seed sack. Now which is the correct leaf type???? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Picture #2 = Found this one in the Italian Market Wonder cell. Is this the much anticipated "topless wonder"?? ![]() ![]() ![]() Ted
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Well, I don't call the second one a topless wonder but it does look, so far, like what I call a mule or blind seedling. Sometimes a little nub forms in the center, sometimes not, and if a nub forms sometimes an actual shoot will come out.
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I have a Marizol Gold seedling that looked like the "topless
wonder" for a couple of weeks. It has now started to grow what looks like a regular leaf from where those cotyledons meet. I expect it to produce a more-or-less normal plant once it gets going.
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Thanks, Carolyn and Dice. Of all my reading of thousands of posts on the tomato forums, this time period may be the least discussed. I thought it would be an interesting area to explore and learn from.
Maybe others will share, as well. Transferred over 150 seedlings yesterday with no casualties. Ted
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Every year I get one of the so called mule plants and the embryonic leaves just get bigger and bigger and eventually the plant dies. (No way to put on new growth.)
In a way I feel sorry for the little things. ![]() Worth |
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Well, now I have a West Virginia 63 "Potato Leaf". I love this hobby/affliction/...........
Ted
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Well, as you guys said, the mule died!
Ted
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I have a couple of your "True Stump" seedlings (although they
are not from Stump of the World; they were 2 out 4 of a short determinate, with the other two normal).
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This is a good example of why we should exercise patience. Ted
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