Unusual growth habit

Boutique Tomatoes · August 9, 2016

Some of my striped antho lines I've been bringing forward have an unusual growth habit that I don't know how to classify, I'm curious if someone might have an idea as to what they might be.

The plants are between 2 and 3 feet, prostrate but incredibly productive. So much so that I don't believe the foliage can supply enough oomph to give great tasting fruit, but they put out so many with good fruit qualities for appearance, hang time, and a lack of cracking or checking that I've kept them going as a breeding line.

They share a common ancestor from one of Tom Wagner's early generation blue lines. My guess is that they may be a brachytic dwarf, but the leaves don't look like the Mountain Magic F2's that I believe have that gene and I know it is in the MM cherry parent.

My thoughts are that they may combine with some of the more aggressive indeterminate lines to make for good quality f1 lines, I've made a number of crosses this year to further test that theory.

Growing out crosses with them results in some of the F2 plants being a wild mess, like this 8 ft plus wide tangled monster at 60 days from transplant.

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August 9, 2016	#1
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	Unusual growth habit Some of my striped antho lines I've been bringing forward have an unusual growth habit that I don't know how to classify, I'm curious if someone might have an idea as to what they might be. The plants are between 2 and 3 feet, prostrate but incredibly productive. So much so that I don't believe the foliage can supply enough oomph to give great tasting fruit, but they put out so many with good fruit qualities for appearance, hang time, and a lack of cracking or checking that I've kept them going as a breeding line. They share a common ancestor from one of Tom Wagner's early generation blue lines. My guess is that they may be a brachytic dwarf, but the leaves don't look like the Mountain Magic F2's that I believe have that gene and I know it is in the MM cherry parent. My thoughts are that they may combine with some of the more aggressive indeterminate lines to make for good quality f1 lines, I've made a number of crosses this year to further test that theory. Growing out crosses with them results in some of the F2 plants being a wild mess, like this 8 ft plus wide tangled monster at 60 days from transplant. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk