Is there such thing as a 'sterile' plant?

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by WVTomatoMan

It is interesting what you have, but it is not a bull (aka mule) plant.

I've had runts, but they weren't dense and bushy, just small plants that didn't do much.

The only bull/mule I've had was a Mr. Stripey and it was a big, lush, thick, dark green, beautiful plant. It produced zero fruit.

Good luck.

Randy

Randy, I agree with you as I wrote in a post earlier in this thread:


I'm not so sure I'd write off an 18 inch plant b'c all the mules I've ever seen are big strong healthy plants, actually bigger than their producing counterparts, although devoid of blossoms.

maybe there's another reason that it's stunted and those reasons for me would center on possibly a viral disease .

*****

And I still think that way about this situation. That is, mules big and lush with no blossoms, stunted plants a different problem.

[GardeningGrrl]

Hmm, interesting. I had a "mule" plant 2 or 3 year ago - grew into a huge, healthy plant, but never once had a single blossom. After a while I tried giving it bloom booster sorts of fertilizer to try to kick it into gear. Nope, nothing. And that plant happened to be an NAR as well!