2 growing tips on Dwarf Fred's Tie-Dye?

[jhp]

One of my Dwarf Fred's Tie-Dye looks like it has 2 growing tips. Is this unusual? I've never seen it before.

Thanks,
Jen

[Gardeneer]

It is actually one main branch on which another branch has started very early. This is a "V" branching. It happens a lot of time. This branching very common in pepper plants that gives them a tree-like shape

[Scooty]

One of my Sleeping Lady seedlings did the same. The shorter one died off though after the other took off.

[jhp]

Interesting thanks. I'll see what it does as the season progresses. So far, they are equal.

Jen

[Ozark]

I pruned and tied up my row of Sweet Ozark Orange plants a couple of days ago - that's the OP variety I developed and stabilized. They're about knee-high in the garden now, and I like to keep the lower branches trimmed off all my tomatoes so rain doesn't cause soil to splash up on the leaves and cause fungus problems.

The Sweet Ozark Orange plants ALL had "V" branchings like that about 8 or 9 inches from the ground. I had to choose what might be the smaller of each pair to trim off, leaving the other one to become the main stem of the plant. Mostly, they seemed identical in size and I just left the one that was growing more vertical.

I've seen individual plants of other tomato varieties grow like that many times, but never every plant in an entire row. That makes me think the tendency to "V" branching must be genetic and more common to some varieties.

[jhp]

Originally Posted by Ozark

I've seen individual plants of other tomato varieties grow like that many times, but never every plant in an entire row. That makes me think the tendency to "V" branching must be genetic and more common to some varieties.

Yes, what I was thinking too. Funny thing is, I prune and stake my non dwarf plants, grown in raised beds, with 2 stakes into a V. If any actually started life this way, I surely would notice. Was going to compost this plant as it was extra, but decided to keep it and put it in a small pot on my patio. I have actually never thrown out a plant that I've gotten to this stage, because I give away my extras. I didn't include it with the extras to give away because I wondered if it was stunted, as it was my smallest dwarf. I didn't want someone to get it and think they did something wrong if it didn't do well.

Jen