One Very Wispy Tricot

mcsee · October 10, 2018

I've grown 1000's of tomatoes and heaps have had tricots, but the plant in the photo is showing how unusual it's growing. This seedling is a Speckled Roman, which started off as a tricot and has now produced three heads, but it's terribly weak looking. I was going to bin it, but I'll leave it a bit longer and see if it thickens up a bit.

clkeiper · October 10, 2018

Have you grown speckled Roman before? It is a very wispy plant. I though my husband had sprayed it with something this summer... I didn't pay close attention to it while it was growing? I don't know how I missed how wispy it was while little but it was.

mcsee · October 10, 2018

Amazing foliage, I thought it was sick, but just how they grew. I'll know next time. lol

Whwoz · October 10, 2018

Never grown it Mcsee, so could not say. What seed I had planted did not come up this year.

**carolyn137** · October 10, 2018

Here is what it's supposed to be

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Speckled_Roman

And if you look at the bottom you'll see what might be important and that's what the cross was that led to this variety.

Which leads me to ask the original poster what the source of seeds was for this variety.

And also to note that not all tricots are genetically stable.

https://www.google.com/search?q=gene...&bih=815&dpr=1

Please note the tomatoville article from 2015 in the above link.

I hope this helps at least a bit.

Carolyn

mcsee · October 10, 2018

Hi Carolyn,
Looking back, I grew this variety here in Oz in 2009/10 and saved seed from the plant. Now I know the seed would have been from bagged blossoms, as I'm a stickler for bagging for saved seed, which not many do. I can't remember the plant from back then being as bad as the tricot, so maybe it's exacerbated the problem in the genetics. I have a couple more seedlings that aren't as bad. I can only assume that what you're saying about the instability in tricots is what's showing in this plant.
One thing worth mentioning is, that germination was slow on these and I put it down to the age of the seed.

mcsee

mcsee · November 10, 2018

My Speckled Roman tricot that grew three heads is still growing and just over 1ft high after planting deep. The three heads have each got a truss of flowers which will get bagged tomorrow. It's more a novelty than anything, but I do have a single headed plant too, just in case.

October 10, 2018	#1
mcsee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Victoria. Australia Posts: 543	One Very Wispy Tricot I've grown 1000's of tomatoes and heaps have had tricots, but the plant in the photo is showing how unusual it's growing. This seedling is a Speckled Roman, which started off as a tricot and has now produced three heads, but it's terribly weak looking. I was going to bin it, but I'll leave it a bit longer and see if it thickens up a bit.

October 10, 2018	#2
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	Have you grown speckled Roman before? It is a very wispy plant. I though my husband had sprayed it with something this summer... I didn't pay close attention to it while it was growing? I don't know how I missed how wispy it was while little but it was. __________________ carolyn k

October 10, 2018	#5
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Here is what it's supposed to be http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Speckled_Roman And if you look at the bottom you'll see what might be important and that's what the cross was that led to this variety. Which leads me to ask the original poster what the source of seeds was for this variety. And also to note that not all tricots are genetically stable. https://www.google.com/search?q=gene...&bih=815&dpr=1 Please note the tomatoville article from 2015 in the above link. I hope this helps at least a bit. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

October 10, 2018	#6
mcsee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Victoria. Australia Posts: 543	Hi Carolyn, Looking back, I grew this variety here in Oz in 2009/10 and saved seed from the plant. Now I know the seed would have been from bagged blossoms, as I'm a stickler for bagging for saved seed, which not many do. I can't remember the plant from back then being as bad as the tricot, so maybe it's exacerbated the problem in the genetics. I have a couple more seedlings that aren't as bad. I can only assume that what you're saying about the instability in tricots is what's showing in this plant. One thing worth mentioning is, that germination was slow on these and I put it down to the age of the seed. mcsee Last edited by mcsee; October 10, 2018 at 08:32 PM. Reason: Add photo

October 10, 2018	#4
Whwoz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 870	Never grown it Mcsee, so could not say. What seed I had planted did not come up this year.

November 10, 2018	#7
mcsee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Victoria. Australia Posts: 543	My Speckled Roman tricot that grew three heads is still growing and just over 1ft high after planting deep. The three heads have each got a truss of flowers which will get bagged tomorrow. It's more a novelty than anything, but I do have a single headed plant too, just in case.