Miniature or dwarf Black Cherry?

I was recently browsing the OP tomato plant selections at different nurseries. While most of the plants were twelve to fourteen inches tall, one nursery had a selection of fully developed, but short plants about four inches tall. I bought two Black Cherry plants from the shorter varieties and planted them on March 7. Other tall plants I purchased on the same day have doubled in size in two weeks. The Black Cherry plants have only grown by 25%. I'm wondering if I may have purchased a patio or miniature variety of Black Cherry. Anyone familiar with a miniature Black Cherry variety?

Ted

[Gobig_or_Gohome_toms]

My guess is most likely the tags got switched during the growing of the plants. Did they offer any dwarf varities where some of the tags could have been mixed up?

Craig

Nope, individual plants were not tagged. The flats were labeled with labels that couldn't be switched. The plants were well covered with foliage though they were tiny. I've seen tiny plants like these suddenly go into a growth phase when conditions are favorable. Never having grown Black Cherry, I don't know what to expect.

Ted

[Gobig_or_Gohome_toms]

My experiance with black cherry and other cherry seedlings like sungold is that they tend to be the most vigoris and tallest seedlings and I know some people start them a week or two after there other full size indeterminant plants.

Will be interesting to see if they stay dwarf and what they end up being.

Craig

I had lost all thirty six varieties of my "grown from seed" OP's in a late freeze in early March. I immediately replanted most of the varieties in starter cells and in the garden soil with the intent of letting the plants that develop best, grow. I have Black Cherry, purchased as seed from TGS; growing well. I will plant the normal Black Cherry plants and compare their growth to the miniature plants.

I really thought someone would make a comment that some greenhouses use a technique to retard the growth of, but not the development of; seedlings. Most of them want their seedlings well developed but not excessively leggy.

Ted

[strax]

it could also be due to growth regulators being used on the plants. this happened at a nursery nearby last year. they used some kind or chemical growth regulator to stop the plants from getting leggy and to keep the plants at a nice sell-able size for a long period of time. some of the plants seemed unaffected and some were oddly tiny. it looked like they had treated some of them twice and some of them not at all, but who knows. I wouldnt buy anything there, but the plants should return to normal once the growth regulators wear off. the green color of the plants also seemed a little 'off' did u notice that with the plants you bought?