Granny's Heart PL??

cloz · March 29, 2012

During the winter I did a germination test on some of my saved Granny's Heart seeds and found 1 potato leaved plant. On suggestion by a forum member I then germinated 40 more Granny's Heart seeds and found 4 more PL plants. I still have them growing slowly in my cold basement and will plant them in May. I have the first one growing in my kitchen window and the pics are below. Not sure what to make of it. The tomato turning red is a fused blossom (looks like 4 tomatoes fused together) and the smaller one is above it. The tomatoes seem to be showing some heart shape with some ribbing. The one turning red has some blossom end rot but I am hoping to get some seeds from it to be able to get a next generation planted this year.
I am very careful in handling seeds when saving them so I don't believe it is mixed seeds. I believe I have notified all people that received seeds from me about the possibility of PL plants showing.
Not sure what to make of it but it will be interesting to see what I end up with.

barkeater · March 29, 2012

cloz,

Granny's is 100% regular leaf so the PL's could be from a cross if the flowers weren't bagged. The second picture where the tomato looks ribbed is likely from incomplete pollination the way the blossom end is off to the side. I sure would like to try that red one though. I can't believe you've resisted eating it so long!

cloz · April 2, 2012

I cut up the PL tomato today. It was a fused blossom tomato and part of it had blossom end rot. I did manage to save some seed from it before I ate the edible parts. Taste was very good with a bit of acid to it. It was much better than the Yukon Quest I had a few minutes earlier and both were better than anything I have had all winter. The Yukon Quest tasted bland compared to this PL tomato. The picture below is of a couple of sections of the tomato. I'm not qualified to say if it is a true heart or not and I'll wait for a normal tomato to ripen for that.
The seeds are fermenting now and I'll be starting a few later in the week. If nothing else, it will make this summer more interesting.

March 29, 2012	#2
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	cloz, Granny's is 100% regular leaf so the PL's could be from a cross if the flowers weren't bagged. The second picture where the tomato looks ribbed is likely from incomplete pollination the way the blossom end is off to the side. I sure would like to try that red one though. I can't believe you've resisted eating it so long! __________________ barkeater