Mystery tomato plant
I bought a packet of tomato seeds (Akron F1) and one of plants looks very different to a normal tomato plant. It is showing signs of a tomato fruit truss but its leaves are not serated at the edges. We think it might be a genetic abnormality. Does anyone have any idea what this is and if it would be safe to eat?
We have been growing tomatoes for many years but have never come across something like this!
We have been growing tomatoes for many years but have never come across something like this!
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It looks as if it’s one of the potato-leaved varieties of tomato. There are quite a few.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I was a bit concerned about the weird leaves until I read up about them.
On the ones I grew the leaves were much smaller and sparser than the usual leaves so they let a lot more light and air to the plant.
I grew Akron a couple of years ago. Very nice, but the fruits were a bit too big for me.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.