opalka weirdness

TerpGal · July 16, 2014

Ok, so I am wondering of this in normal or Opalka or maybe I just got a mislabeled plant. I bought it at my local nursery when I inadvertantly snapped the main growing stem on my San Marzano when planting out (I use the trench planting method). So the plant is very vigorous and has a lot of fruit set that look like the pictures of Opalka I've seen, but it definitely do NOT hvae wispy foliage and oddly, I am getting suckers in between leaf nodes as well as the normal place you would see them coming at a 45 degree angle off of branches. What gives?

Worth1 · July 16, 2014

Sounds like some sort of genetic anomaly.
Maybe even DNA damage due to radiation.

You guys haven't had an atomic bomb go off around there have you?

Worth

TerpGal · July 16, 2014

Nope, no atomic bombs that I know of LOL

**carolyn137** · July 16, 2014

I think this thread from here might help with the wispiness issue.

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...t=wispy+opalka

I was the person who first introduced Opalka many years ago and I posted several times in the above link,

Hope the link helps,

Carolyn

Dork Fish · August 9, 2014

Here are mine...they always look wilted to me

July 16, 2014	#1
TerpGal Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Olney, MD Posts: 23	opalka weirdness Ok, so I am wondering of this in normal or Opalka or maybe I just got a mislabeled plant. I bought it at my local nursery when I inadvertantly snapped the main growing stem on my San Marzano when planting out (I use the trench planting method). So the plant is very vigorous and has a lot of fruit set that look like the pictures of Opalka I've seen, but it definitely do NOT hvae wispy foliage and oddly, I am getting suckers in between leaf nodes as well as the normal place you would see them coming at a 45 degree angle off of branches. What gives?

July 16, 2014	#4
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	I think this thread from here might help with the wispiness issue. http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...t=wispy+opalka I was the person who first introduced Opalka many years ago and I posted several times in the above link, Hope the link helps, Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

August 9, 2014	#5
Dork Fish Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Zone 5B Illinois Posts: 402	Here are mine...they always look wilted to me __________________ Andrea Last edited by Dork Fish; August 9, 2014 at 01:40 PM.

July 16, 2014	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Sounds like some sort of genetic anomaly. Maybe even DNA damage due to radiation. You guys haven't had an atomic bomb go off around there have you? Worth