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Tomato plants with different appearances, why?

11 years ago

I planted two pots of organic heirloom beefsteak tomatoes from different companies. The plants look completely different. Why would this be? One looks like a traditional tomato plant with frilly edges on the leaves and the other has smooth leaves with no jagged edges.

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
11 years ago
Are they both the same kind of beefsteak tomatoes? I would bet one has standard tomato foliage and the other is a potato leaf tomato. Potato leaf tomatoes (that's weird to type and even weirder to say :-)) lack the lobes and notches common to regular leaf tomatoes and most often present large, entire (no serrations) leaves of a somewhat heavier substance. These types are sometimes more resistant to foliar diseases.

There are many varieties of potato leaf tomatoes and many of them are heirloom varieties.
potato leaf tomatoes
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