Question for C or C

[Earl]

This may be a convoluted question, so bear with me, as I'm not expert in the words to use. :-) One of my Kimberly plants is consistantly producing branches/limbs that are only an inch or less from each other, whereas the other ones are a good 3 inches or so apart. Does this mean that the unique one may be a dwarf or of smaller stature? Will it come back the same or would it have to be grown out like in F1, F2, F3 etc? I can post pictures of both types if either one of you would like? It's a pretty plant, and the first to produce buds, but Bully Voodoo'ed it and the first buds fell off; but it has more buds formed/forming. If this plant is unique, I want to treat it with TLC. Thanks for your advice.

[bully]

MWAHAHAHAAAA

[carolyn137]

Earl, I'm going to let Craig answer since I haven't grown Kimberly and am not familiar with its plant habit, or deviations thereof.

[Earl]

Ok, Carolyn.

Bully, I've been wondering what you really look like. :-)

[bcday]

If Keith sees this post maybe he can tell us something. Sudden appearance of short internode trait, or just Bully scaring Kimberly out of six weeks' growth?

[Earl]

BC, you may be right. :-) Yes, 'subject' should have read C or C or K.

[nctomatoman]

Kimberly has been very consistent for me - potato leaf foliage, forms buds quite early, indeterminate but does not grow vertically all that much (kind of a determinate indeterminate). If you a potato leaf plant that is behaving very differently, save seeds - either a rare potato leaf/potato leaf cross, or a mutation (or a seed mix up).

Photos would be interesting!
Craig

[Earl]

Ok, Craig, here they are.

[nctomatoman]

They certainly look different to me! What will be interesting to watch is the eventual height of the odd ball - to me, it almost looks like a potato leaf Dwarf....

keep us in the loop on this interesting plant! thanks for posting the pics.

[Earl]

Thanks, Craig. Ok, will do a weekly picture undate.

[bcday]

I see lots of suckers starting too. Maybe just as insurance, root some of those for backup plants when they get big enough?

If you won't have room to grow all the rooted backup plants, maybe CHOPTAG will help with that. 8)

[Tomstrees]

kctomato ~

Looks like flowers on second pic right ?
Bully Wrangler !!! lol ~

~ Tom

[WildLife]

Hey Earl

Curious, I have a green zebra that is behaving
similiar. It is the only one of 6 that I left in a small pot,
The other ones I potted to a bigger pot.
I thought it was somewhat root bound or
not "stunted" by repotting?
Wild "its alive" Life

[bully]

1st the purples
Then buds jumping to their deaths.
and now freaky growth...tsk tsk tsk....poor things are crying out for attention...clearly under loved...sad really.

[Earl]

Hi, kctomato. I hope you have a good sense of humor, and I swear this is from a humorus point of view, but your avatar, is he sitting on the john? :-) Some humor is 'very' sutle. And yes, it has buds about to flower, and has already dropped some buds.

BC, great idea. By the time CHOPTAG meets for spring share meet the suckers should be about as big as the parent.

"Life is never duff growing tomatoes"