Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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April 30, 2014 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Ontario
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42 Days with no discernable growing tip
My 42 Days seedling is very odd. It wasn't a helmet head, but grew as if it had been one, with its cotyledons all curled. A tiny "shoot" came out sideways, and I thought that was the growing tip, but it grew into a leaflet so there doesn't seem to be a growing tip (or central leader, I don't know the terminology in tomatoes!)
I took several pictures, but sadly I couldn't get one in focus. Has anyone come across this and do you think anything will happen, or is this a dud? I've heard that patience is a virtue and I know that I will find out eventually, but just thought I would ask. Linda |
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Tomatovillian™
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Location: MA
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April 30, 2014 | #3 |
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If you can see a small green knob in the center where a stalk should be, then yes, it seldom goes nowhere, no matter how long you wait.
Rarely does a small stalk come out from the side of that knob, but that's rare, and IMO is not worth keeping/ I've seen a lot of them over the years and can find no correlation to seed age or environmental conditions, probably just a random mutation that was the cause. Carolyn
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April 30, 2014 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Ontario
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Oh no! It sounds as if this could be my first "dud" tomato seedling. Sniff!
Thanks Carolyn and Gary. Linda |
April 30, 2014 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: glendora ca
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I have never had one until this year and all of a sudden i had two. One roma and one abracazebra.
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April 30, 2014 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posts: 6,794
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Have yet to see one in a tomato but had several peppers that did this, this year, first time ever. They never developed a growing tip, no more than a couple of leaves. Sad!
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April 30, 2014 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Merced, CA
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Hi,
When I was out in the garden yesterday doing a little pruning and trellising of my 6 weeks old transplants, I came across this Magi-Qo (shown in the attached photo). It seems not to have a growing tip on its main leader and you can see the 3 way split at the top directly to the right of the bamboo stake. As I recall, it was a perfectly normal looking seedling when I transplanted it. Two new leaders are coming off the main stem towards the bottom of the plant. Both have growing tips and suckers that I will just let take over. This is a grafted plant, BTW. I have a second Magi-Qo (ungrafted) that looks normal and is doing great and starting to blossom. Just another curiosity from my garden.... FWIW, Anne |
May 18, 2014 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Ontario
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Curios indeed Anne. Thanks for sharing!
I decided that I had nothing to lose, so I fertilized "42" which made the one leaf that it had bigger. I cut it off, not wanting to put all its energy into that one leaf and hoping that I would force it to do something. It sent out a small leaf that never really grew, followed by a shoot from the side! I am nursing it along and hoping that it will normalize! Linda |
May 18, 2014 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Somis, Ca
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bifricated....trificated???
Anne, Now that you posted...I believe I have had similar situations with my trees and garden. Unknowingly. I instinctively pruned back to one of the side shoots that had a growing tip. I directed the shoot upward...eventually leading to a new central leader.
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