Something Different

mcsee · August 5, 2009

I found this amongst my Lime Green Salad seedlings today. A bit of a rarity here.

dice · August 5, 2009

The tricot might revert to normal diploid habit when the
true leaves develop (I have seen that happen). If not, it
may produce no fruit or only a few gnarly ones. (3 sets of
chromosomes really scrambles a tomato's genetic
machinery.)

The one with 4 cotyledons looks interesting, though. That
one has possibilities for something new and different that
could be stabilized.

mcsee · August 7, 2009

Thanks Dice.

I hadn't planned on keeping any of the Lime Green Salad seedlings, but looks like I may keep the 4 cotyledon plant and see what eventuates from it, if anything.

Frog · August 7, 2009

It'll be very interesting to see what you could get from a tetraploid seedling, you may get unusually large tomatoes or leaves or something curious.

Blueaussi · August 8, 2009

I'm seen that in peppers, both in my own, and from others excitedly posting pictures. Usually they just develop into normal peppers plants.

August 5, 2009	#1
mcsee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Victoria. Australia Posts: 543	Something Different I found this amongst my Lime Green Salad seedlings today. A bit of a rarity here. Last edited by mcsee; August 6, 2011 at 10:09 AM.

August 5, 2009	#2
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	The tricot might revert to normal diploid habit when the true leaves develop (I have seen that happen). If not, it may produce no fruit or only a few gnarly ones. (3 sets of chromosomes really scrambles a tomato's genetic machinery.) The one with 4 cotyledons looks interesting, though. That one has possibilities for something new and different that could be stabilized. __________________ -- alias

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August 7, 2009	#3
mcsee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Victoria. Australia Posts: 543	Thanks Dice. I hadn't planned on keeping any of the Lime Green Salad seedlings, but looks like I may keep the 4 cotyledon plant and see what eventuates from it, if anything.

August 7, 2009	#4
Frog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 141	It'll be very interesting to see what you could get from a tetraploid seedling, you may get unusually large tomatoes or leaves or something curious.

August 8, 2009	#5
Blueaussi Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Zone 8a Posts: 1,205	I'm seen that in peppers, both in my own, and from others excitedly posting pictures. Usually they just develop into normal peppers plants.