Tendril Leaves

lumierefrere · April 21, 2009

This is what I call Craig's Pink. It's a pink potato leaf I got from Craig. It's doing so well! This and Ben Gantz are definitely coming along really well.

Then I noticed a little weird thing going on. When I say I've never seen it before, it's not like Carolyn or Craig saying it, but I've never seen this tendril effect of the leaf. It does unfurl so I'm not saying it's a problem, it's just different.

Sorry if the photo is big. I haven't used photobucket in a long time.

**carolyn137** · April 21, 2009

Barb, I associate tendrils with peas and morning glories and all sorts of climbing things, but not with tomatoes.

I see what you mean, though, the leaf at the left hand side that's kinda twisted and a bit upside down.

It's just having a wee temper tantrum and will calm down and grow right before you know it.

Sometimes you'll see lots of upside down twisted leaves with young seedlings that disappear when the plants are older, but in my experience much less so with fully mature plants, and when I start to see deformed leaves with older plants I'm not thinking tendrils, I'm thinking possible disease.

lumierefrere · April 21, 2009

Exactly, Carolyn, peas! That's what these look like. Look at all the spikes. Here's an even better (and smaller!) view

**carolyn137** · April 21, 2009

OK, now I see what you mean. I didn't see that in the other picture.

I do think I've seen it a couple of times but I was always growing so darn many varieties each season that I probably didn't followup with it.

So let us know what those tendrils do, but we do know you aren't going to get peas off them.

Tomstrees · April 21, 2009

uhhhmmm - thats a very cool looking tomato plant !

Please keep us posted with how that plant grows

I'd love to see if those leaves continue curling
or if they ever "relax" and grow normal - def. looks like cuke tendrils to me

~ Tom

lumierefrere · April 21, 2009

Maybe Craig will have some insight into this coolness, since he's the origin.

ContainerTed · April 21, 2009

Barb, here's a tendril fuzzball that is also from Craig. Check out the "sticky" in the Tomato Research and Development Forum.

Ted

lumierefrere · April 21, 2009

You win, Ted. Yours is more weird than mine. (Way more!)

Barb

newatthiskat · April 21, 2009

I think Craig might be trying to take over the world! I have some seedlings that got started later than my others from him (they look fine). I also have hot peppers from the research project. I think these tomatoes are trying to tell us something, time for the men in black!

Kat
PS Curious which plants are you both growing again? Wonderingif it is from the same plant.

ContainerTed · April 22, 2009

Kat, mine is from his 05-69 PL6 seeds. And you may be right about the MIB. I had some strange lights in the mater patch last night.

Tongue in cheek, Ted

Tomstrees · April 22, 2009

should be real interesting if you guys get tomatoes from these plants !
Keep us posted !!!

~ Tom

Ruth_10 · April 23, 2009

Ted, also let us know if that plant starts acting like it's in a musical and says, "Feed me!" in a deep, deep baritone.

**nctomatoman** · April 24, 2009

That tendril leaf characteristic showed up in the Lucky Cross/Little Lucky line (Brandywine X Tad ? some heart shaped variety) that the bees appeared to produce in my garden in 1993. It seems that no matter which of the F2, F3, etc selections I grow (well, by the time you get to F6 it goes away for the most part), you get a small percentage of seedlings that have some sort of oddball recessive trait for spindly foliage - I really like the tendril terminology! I've also seen it in both RL and PL offspring.

As I think I said once, a friend who grew out some of my early generation Lucky Cross managed to get a tendril plant to produce, and the fruit were highly lobed and misshapen.

lumierefrere · April 24, 2009

Craig, all this is good to know! ("Tendril" is my present to you, a small compensation for all the tomatoes.

)

I started 6 Craig's Pink, 5 are tendril so I have a real knack for picking those seeds. I'm glad to know what the future hold for them.

Barb

**Mischka** · April 25, 2009

April 21, 2009	#1
lumierefrere Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Zone 4 NY Posts: 772	Tendril Leaves This is what I call Craig's Pink. It's a pink potato leaf I got from Craig. It's doing so well! This and Ben Gantz are definitely coming along really well. Then I noticed a little weird thing going on. When I say I've never seen it before, it's not like Carolyn or Craig saying it, but I've never seen this tendril effect of the leaf. It does unfurl so I'm not saying it's a problem, it's just different. Sorry if the photo is big. I haven't used photobucket in a long time.

April 21, 2009	#2
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Barb, I associate tendrils with peas and morning glories and all sorts of climbing things, but not with tomatoes. I see what you mean, though, the leaf at the left hand side that's kinda twisted and a bit upside down. It's just having a wee temper tantrum and will calm down and grow right before you know it. Sometimes you'll see lots of upside down twisted leaves with young seedlings that disappear when the plants are older, but in my experience much less so with fully mature plants, and when I start to see deformed leaves with older plants I'm not thinking tendrils, I'm thinking possible disease. __________________ Carolyn

April 21, 2009	#4
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	OK, now I see what you mean. I didn't see that in the other picture. I do think I've seen it a couple of times but I was always growing so darn many varieties each season that I probably didn't followup with it. So let us know what those tendrils do, but we do know you aren't going to get peas off them. __________________ Carolyn

April 21, 2009	#5
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	uhhhmmm - thats a very cool looking tomato plant ! Please keep us posted with how that plant grows I'd love to see if those leaves continue curling or if they ever "relax" and grow normal - def. looks like cuke tendrils to me ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

April 21, 2009	#9
newatthiskat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: texas Posts: 1,451	reply I think Craig might be trying to take over the world! I have some seedlings that got started later than my others from him (they look fine). I also have hot peppers from the research project. I think these tomatoes are trying to tell us something, time for the men in black! Kat PS Curious which plants are you both growing again? Wonderingif it is from the same plant.

April 22, 2009	#10
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	Kat, mine is from his 05-69 PL6 seeds. And you may be right about the MIB. I had some strange lights in the mater patch last night. Tongue in cheek, Ted __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

April 23, 2009	#12
Ruth_10 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MO z6a near St. Louis Posts: 1,349	Ted, also let us know if that plant starts acting like it's in a musical and says, "Feed me!" in a deep, deep baritone. __________________ --Ruth Some say the glass half-full. Others say the glass is half-empty. To an engineer, it’s twice as big as it needs to be.

April 24, 2009	#13
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	That tendril leaf characteristic showed up in the Lucky Cross/Little Lucky line (Brandywine X Tad ? some heart shaped variety) that the bees appeared to produce in my garden in 1993. It seems that no matter which of the F2, F3, etc selections I grow (well, by the time you get to F6 it goes away for the most part), you get a small percentage of seedlings that have some sort of oddball recessive trait for spindly foliage - I really like the tendril terminology! I've also seen it in both RL and PL offspring. As I think I said once, a friend who grew out some of my early generation Lucky Cross managed to get a tendril plant to produce, and the fruit were highly lobed and misshapen. __________________ Craig

April 25, 2009	#15
Mischka Tomatoville® Administrator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Bay State Posts: 3,207	__________________ Mischka One last word of farewell, Dear Master and Mistress. Whenever you visit my grave, say to yourselves with regret but also with happiness in your hearts at the remembrance of my long happy life with you: "Here lies one who loved us and whom we loved." No matter how deep my sleep I shall hear you, and not all the power of death can keep my spirit from wagging a grateful tail.