Stems growing from leaf nodes

[Frosti]

Many plants of my multi flora line have a very peculiar tendency to grow new stems from the leaves. Some of them look like suckers, some look like forks? Have you seen this before?

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[worth1]

Yep seen that one before.
In that type of tomato too.

[bower]

You do get the ultimate plasticity in multiflora types - flower trusses sprout leaves or stems, etc.
IDK what genetics exactly is involved, but evidently there are genes that suppress those tendencies and make the plant more orderly and more strictly define cluster size, as well as the fine points of growth habit (stems produce leaves and flowers, not the reverse).
I had a 'multiflora' type lineage emerge from a cross, where somehow the repressors of cluster size were eliminated. Those lines often produce a leaf out of a flower cluster, or a stem, leaves, and then another bunch of flowers.

[Frosti]

You do get the ultimate plasticity in multiflora types - flower trusses sprout leaves or stems, etc.
IDK what genetics exactly is involved, but evidently there are genes that suppress those tendencies and make the plant more orderly and more strictly define cluster size, as well as the fine points of growth habit (stems produce leaves and flowers, not the reverse).
I had a 'multiflora' type lineage emerge from a cross, where somehow the repressors of cluster size were eliminated. Those lines often produce a leaf out of a flower cluster, or a stem, leaves, and then another bunch of flowers.

Yeah, I thought it might have something to do with the plants being multiflora. I'll keep an eye on the plants that exhibit this behavior, in case there is one that is not multiflora but still grows stems from leaf nodes.

[Mark_Thompson]

Domingo is one that comes to mind for doing this kind of thing.