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Old 11-02-2015, 12:31 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
David Hare-Scott[_2_] David Hare-Scott[_2_] is offline
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Fran Farmer wrote:
On 10/02/2015 11:33 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
One of my San Marzano tomatoes has different leaves , heart
shaped rather than lobed like all the rest . Wonder what it'll grow
? Guess I'll just have to wait and see ... I have that seedling
marked , and plan to keep track of where it gets planted .
Pretty much everything has come up now except the anaheims and
jalapenos , but they'll get there . Some of the tomatoes are almost
4" tall now . Hopefully I can get to the end of February before I
have to go to the 4" pots . By then I'll have my "little greenhouse"
built onto the south side of the house and will have room for them .


I've read the other replies in the thread, (and certainly agree that
it's possible that it could be a sport - but it could also be some
other things) but at 4 inches high, that is still a fairly tiny
tomato plant. How sure are you that this tiny tom. has yet developed
it's proper leaves as opposed to possibly more juvenile leaves?



It is easy to work that out. There are exactly one pair of cotyledons which
will be at the bottom. Any above that are true leaves.

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