large pink bulgarian PL ????

rxkeith · April 25, 2009

one of my large pink bulgarians is potato leaf. does this happen with this variety? i'm growing it for the first time. not a mix up on my end because the other varieties in the cell pack i seeded were all regular leaf.
seeds came from sandhill preservation this year.
could be a stray seed or cross. this is the first time something has come up different for me. i shall grow it out, and see what happens.

keith

**nctomatoman** · April 25, 2009

Keith, as I mentioned in the post on PL in Mortgage Lifter, no variety should pop out a different leaf shape if it is grown from a stable variety. So you either have a mutation (very rare), a result of a cross, or a stray seed/mix up that got into the packet somehow.

**carolyn137** · April 26, 2009

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Originally Posted by rxkeith

one of my large pink bulgarians is potato leaf. does this happen with this variety? i'm growing it for the first time. not a mix up on my end because the other varieties in the cell pack i seeded were all regular leaf.
seeds came from sandhill preservation this year.
could be a stray seed or cross. this is the first time something has come up different for me. i shall grow it out, and see what happens.

keith

Keith, from the time I introduced this variety I've grown it out many times, have listed it in the SSE YEarbooks and have offered it in various seed offers and have never heard of a PL Large Pink Bulgarian.

Of the seeds that germinated how many were PL and how many were RL?

rxkeith · April 26, 2009

carolyn,

of 4 seeds planted, 3 were RL, and the one PL.
the only PL variety i planted prior to seeding LBP was matina in a separate 6 pack, so if i had a sticky seed some how, and it turns out to be a small 2-4 oz red tomato, it will be easy to figure out. otherwise who knows....

keith

April 25, 2009	#1
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,848	large pink bulgarian PL ???? one of my large pink bulgarians is potato leaf. does this happen with this variety? i'm growing it for the first time. not a mix up on my end because the other varieties in the cell pack i seeded were all regular leaf. seeds came from sandhill preservation this year. could be a stray seed or cross. this is the first time something has come up different for me. i shall grow it out, and see what happens. keith

April 25, 2009	#2
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Keith, as I mentioned in the post on PL in Mortgage Lifter, no variety should pop out a different leaf shape if it is grown from a stable variety. So you either have a mutation (very rare), a result of a cross, or a stray seed/mix up that got into the packet somehow. __________________ Craig

April 26, 2009	#4
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,848	carolyn, of 4 seeds planted, 3 were RL, and the one PL. the only PL variety i planted prior to seeding LBP was matina in a separate 6 pack, so if i had a sticky seed some how, and it turns out to be a small 2-4 oz red tomato, it will be easy to figure out. otherwise who knows.... keith