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These plants also have suckers forming on 3 or four of the lower leaf axils... seems odd to me at such a young age/small size.
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Probably a side-effect of the high phosphorus blossom booster.
I have seen the same thing in houseplants when using
Miracle-Gro. Give them a shot of high phosphorus fertilizer
with plenty of potassium, and a couple of weeks later new
side branches are showing up all over the plant.
Tom Wagner once mentioned growing rows of hybrid seed of
whatever generation in 16oz plastic beer cups to get more
plants in less space, where he was looking for a selection with
particular traits and only needed one ripe fruit from it once he
found it. He probably tossed out less promising specimens
early, as soon as he could see that the plant was not what he
was looking for. I imagine that keeping them from drying out
until they set fruit is a challenge.