Siamese Seedlings

[Rockoe10]

I thought this was interesting. My seedlings are starting to produce their second set of mature leaves, so I went and potted them up. That's when I noticed that 2/3 of all my "Sungold Select II" seedlings have TWO grow tips! I've never seen this before, and decided to keep two of them, rather than thinning them out. Has anyone had experience with this before?

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[MissS]

I have never had that happen. It looks like a fun project to grow them out.

[Rockoe10]

My thoughts exactly. It must be genetic. It only occurred to the SGS2.

[Amateurinawe]

That is interesting, would love to see this thread develop to see the outcome...

[Labradors]

Oh no! It looks as if they are both blind, i.e. they have no growing tip and those are just leaves - unless I'm not seeing it correctly. If they are blind, they won't do well, so you might want to germinate some more seeds if you were counting on those plants.

Linda

[bower]

Linda may be correct about that, better hedge your bets. OTOH there is a tiny bulge in between the two leaves, and you may get a leader forming late after all...

[Rockoe10]

Oh I sure hope they aren't blind. I went and double checked, and they look like they still have "eyes". But they are so small its hard to tell. We'll see in a week.

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[Rockoe10]

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Good news! They aren't blind!

And they look to be growing extra quick, with two growing tips

[Rockoe10]

After working through a ton a herbicide drift, I finally got a couple ripe cherry tomatoes. Today was the Siamese Sungold Select 2. I was excited to save some seeds, as the plants are EXTREMELY productive, even after weeks of herbicide damage after transplanting. One small problem, THEY'RE SEEDLESS! Lol. I'll see what the next couple ripe fruit have to offer in the next day or two.

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[MissS]

How do they taste? Is your fruit red or yellow?

[Tormahto]

Either you've got one really strange plant, there, or you will get different looking fruit later on in the season. From the pic, it looks like there are plenty of non-fully formed seeds, green gel, and pink? fruit.

[Ginger2778]

After working through a ton a herbicide drift, I finally got a couple ripe cherry tomatoes. Today was the Siamese Sungold Select 2. I was excited to save some seeds, as the plants are EXTREMELY productive, even after weeks of herbicide damage after transplanting. One small problem, THEY'RE SEEDLESS! Lol. I'll see what the next couple ripe fruit have to offer in the next day or two.

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Oh no! I hate it when that happens.

[Rockoe10]

The fruit was a deep Orange color. The gel was green, but I don't think this was due to the fruit not fully ripening. The fruit was definitely ready to be picked, I had already picked a couple fruit from other types.

The taste was pleasantly sweet. Though the fruit was very tough. The skin, and the inside, was almost chewy/meaty. Resembled that of a paste tomato. The plant is LOADED with fruit. So I'll have more to try shortly to see if it was a "dud" or not.

[MissS]

Fruit get tough when the temperatures soar.

[Rockoe10]

Our temperature has been real mild thus far, compared to last year. Around 85°F. I can't imagine that is too extreme. Though, if it's a matter of differential, it was also much cooler earlier in May and June.

PS
Just occurred to me. The UV index has been very high. I wonder.

[Rockoe10]

More ripe tomatoes. The taste is wonderful. And the lack of any substantial seeds makes for easy eating. The gel stays green and only a few seeds are large enough to even consider seeds. I was able to save a few from several tomatoes, but I don't know what the viability of the seeds are yet. I'm starting to think the plant sets fruit even when it's not pollinated. The production is fantastic.

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[pepperhead212]

Those look great! You might want to try "buzzing" some of the flowers, with an electric toothbrush or something, to see it helps seeds develop more. Maybe do just one section, and mark it, and when they ripen, see if more seeds develop, for saving.

[Rockoe10]

That's a wonderful idea. I've went and given them a good shake. I don't have any electric toothbrushes around.