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Plum tomato?

ElizaRoseElizaRose Posts: 121
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Hello, this is my first post. Do you think this is a plum tomato plant?
Label says: Agora. This "San Marzano" type tomato" etc. 
Ive grown a few tomato plants, and seen quite a lot in my mother's garden, and this to me doesn't look like a plum tomato. I could be wrong. :)
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  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,314
    Hi there emmh, I don't know about San Marzano but I grow Pomodoro which are small plum tomatoes and indeterminate not cordon and they are elongated from birth. So, no they don't look like plum tomatoes to me but there are better qualified folks who will offer their opinion I'm sure.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,314
    On the other hand I just googled Agora which I had not heard of and there are images of both plum and round tomatoes??? 
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • ElizaRoseElizaRose Posts: 121
    Thanks herbaceous, I see what you mean about Agora appearing both round and plum! Oh well, I like all tomatoes, but I really wanted a plum. I didn't realise it was a cordon plant when I bought it. 
  • LynLyn Posts: 21,945
    I’m not sure, but as it’s a grafted one, I wonder if it threw up a sucker and has reverted to the root stock.
    wheres @Italophile .🙂
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,314
    Good call Lyn  I'm too mean to spend the money on grafted anything so didn't even think of that! But if you look at the plants on offer on t'internet named Agora they are both shapes - its a mystery..........

    Do they taste any good emmh?
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845
    Looks nice, mine are nowhere near ripe,
     
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  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,674
    Def not a plum tomato, Most of the search results for Agora show round tomatoes I wonder if someone's just pulled the wrong picture for the packet.
  • ItalophileItalophile Posts: 1,731
    Yes, the Google consensus is that it should be round. The only plum-shape seems to be on Amazon, not the most reliable source for seeds. Where did you get the seeds, Emmh?
  • LynLyn Posts: 21,945
    @Italophile. Label shows it’s a grafted one. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ItalophileItalophile Posts: 1,731
    Yes, silly me, that's a plant label, not a seed packet. Too early, not enough coffee. Anyway, grafted shouldn't affect things. It could be as simple as mis-labelling. It wouldn't be the first time.
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