Is this Potato top?

9 years ago

For the first time I have grown several varieties of tomatoes. I saw a peculiar looking flower on this plant. The flower is wide as if 2 or 3 flowers have fused together to make one. First my reaction was "where did this sunflower get in there". But then I saw that it was the tomato.

I am thinking that I mislabeled the plant and it may actually be a "potato top tomato" because I have another plant which is labelled "potato top" and it also has a similar flower.

Any one have any ideas.

I am posting photos. From my past experience I cannot post multiple photos with one message, so I may have to post again. The first photo is the unknown flower, second is leaves of same, third is known potato top.

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ju1234
Original Author
9 years ago
#2 leaves of first
ju1234
Original Author
9 years ago
Known potato top
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edweather USDA 9a, HZ 9, Sunset 28
9 years ago
I think the flower is called a mega-bloom. If it does form a tomato it's likely to be misformed. They are fun to look at though. The foliage in photo 2 is regular leaf, and the foliage is called potato leaf. I never heard the term potato top before, but it probably refers to the foliage. It kind of looks like the foliage of a potato plant.
carolyn137
9 years ago
Potato Top was formally changed to Limbaugh's Potato Top Legacy by Doug Oster ( Ostler?, I forgot how to spell his name) as explained in the link below and there are other names for it was well,

Last I knew folks send seeds back to Doug and he sends them out to those who request seeds and there have been quite a few folks who have received seeds that were crossed that had beenn sent to him;;

I forgot to look when I fetched the link but I think there are several seed sites that list a stable Potato Top as well.

Carolyn

Here is a link that might be useful: Potato Top, etc