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Old February 7, 2007   #1
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Default Does this look like "Potato Top"

This seedling is about 2 weeks old (seed planted 1/17/07). It is supposed to be "Potato Top" (Limbaugh). Does it look like a PL plant to you??

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I hope you don't mind this off-topic quick question:

What potting mix/soil do you use? I have the same yellowish leaves for my seedlings which I don't think is healthy.

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I agree with Keith, looks regular leaf to me.

by the way resident is not spelled the way you spelled it KC
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I have it in Scott's Seed Starting mix but I think the problem may be that the area where I have the seedlings is too cold.
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What potting mix/soil do you use? I have the same yellowish leaves for my seedlings which I don't think is healthy.

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Me may not be the YOU you're referring to but here I am.

I don'tthink it's necessarily a potting soil problem, but agree with Keith as to possible chlorosis, which means a deficit of iron.

You might want to think of doing a spraying with some fish or seaweed prep which are both high in micronutrients.

Could also be a pH problem, but try making up the dificit with a mild fertilizer application first, and as Keith said, make sure the seedlings aren't too cool b'c under those conditions nutrients from the mix are not taken up well.
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Tomatovator -

Your seed source is the most important issue here:

1. If you got the seed from me - my seed source
(from the newspaper that offers them) had a mix of PL & RL seedlings / plants - everyone I sent them too knows that - I did only send seed from PL fruits -

2. If you got them directly from the Gazette - those seeds are sent back from everyones thats grown them the following year - cross is VERY possible -

3. Commercial source ? Cross -

This is what a mature leaf/tomato looks like:


This is a PL tomato sliced:


This is an RL tomato / sliced:



Sorry they look so funny - my cameras "inner eye" was slowly dying ...

The PL was out of this world in regards to flavor & production.
The RL did not taste as good - but was very productive.

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I got the seeds directly from the newspaper offer. When Spring gets here I'll plant several seeds and only keep the PL ones I get (if I get any).
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Old February 7, 2007   #8
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Looks like you may have gotten some crossed seed. LPT in the PL form has smooth edged typical potato leaves with 1 or 2 "thumbs like Kimberly, and Magnus. Since LPT seed is collected by many and sent back to the guy at the Pittsburgh Post Gazette it may be crossed. In the instruction sheet sent out by him it warns to rouge out the RL seedlings and only grow the PL ones. Tomstrees has a lot of experience growing this one. You might want to contact him via PM
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Tomatovator -

Yeah I gave them both a try - what the heck ?
Who knows - maybe your RL will taste better than the one I had !

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Tomato -

Heres help - well kindof -
I found a pic of an RL branch of Pink Potato Top that broke off during a storm and I potted in water to get roots and then replanted it:

RL:


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I received mine from Sandhill Pres.... anyone know if they are the same as the one's from the Gazzette? Description :
Pink Potato Top: 80 days. Indeterminate plants, 12 to 16 oz., flattened globe, pink flesh and skin, average yield, very sweet, delicious even by my standards. OG

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Quote:
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---- Pink Potato Top that broke off during a storm and I potted in water to get roots and then replanted it:
RL:

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Pink Potato Top rooting in a Pink cup.
Nice touch!

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The question I have is not why a cup from my tool box would end up in New Jersey, but, when did Tom come and take it. It did shine up real nice though.
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lol ~ Dcarch ~

The cup is from a restaurant in St. Louis, MO.

http://stlouis.citysearch.com/profil...n.html#profile

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I received mine from Sandhill Pres.... anyone know if they are the same as the one's from the Gazzette? Description :
Pink Potato Top: 80 days. Indeterminate plants, 12 to 16 oz., flattened globe, pink flesh and skin, average yield, very sweet, delicious even by my standards. OG

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Rob, Pink Potato Top from the Gazette has long been listed in the SSE Yearbooks, where Glenn at Sandhill has also listed it for quite a few years.

So yes, I would assume that what you have is from the Gazette, as are all Pink Potato Top seeds. And I would also assume that Glenn has taken a look at it and made sure that it's the PL one.

Several years ago someone near Pittsburgh sent me seeds for it and I grew it and I did get PL plants but so help me, I really didn't think it was anything out of the ordinary as compared to the many large pink fruited PL varieties that I've grown.

But I needed to grow it a second time before rendering a final decision b'c I do know that many do like it. And if Glenn, who doesn't like tomatoes, , praises it, well, it's one he actually likes.
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