I just noticed these little, vertical, scratch-like marks on my Whitney. I don't know for sure when they appeared, but I do know they weren't there when it arrived by mail November first. I doubt they've been there over a couple of months. That's when I first put it on heat and it began growing like a weed. The pups are both less than 2 months old. I've been documenting it's miraculous growth spurt since January, so I think I'd have noticed the scars, but maybe not.

I'm wondering if they might be stretch marks from growing so fast, but that's a wild guess. Maybe one of you knows.

Closeup of the marks

Whole plant as it looks today

How the whole plant looked November 1 when it arrived. You can see it's grown a lot. (I so hope Houzz fixes the glitch that loads a photos in landscape orientation. Sorry...sigh.)

(WTH??? No idea how the last one oriented vertically. Sorry for the quality. It's a photo of a photo. It's just to show how much it's grown).

And here is a better view of the pups that emerged last month - growing like weeds.