is My Tomato a Tomato?

[RobintheBobin]

Hi there, I'm hoping I've discovered a truly rare and wonderful tomato plant and it is going to make me my fortune or...I could just have a defect in the gang

Anyone know why this Tigerella plant hasn't got tomato leaves and smells totally untomatoey? The first one is the oddity and the second is its brother/sister.

Thanks
RtB
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[RedThorn]

Is the stem hairy? you do get Potato leaf toms.....

[Snadger]

Looks like a potato leaved tomato such as Tamina? Or you could have a spud in the bottom of the pot!

[DexR]

Know how you feel, I just had to ask the same q the other day, although my Tumbling Toms are definitely not Tomatoes!!!
Even Suttons agree, but will have to do without toms in baskets this year.

[bramble]

Its a potato leafed tomato.
Sorry to burst your bubble.

[zazen999]

RtB - it looks kinda tomatillo-ey to moi.

DexR - i don't have any tumbling tom seedlings but perhaps someone on here does who would do a swap with you for other seeds/seedlings - just a thought.

[Snadger]

Know how you feel, I just had to ask the same q the other day, although my Tumbling Toms are definitely not Tomatoes!!!
Even Suttons agree, but will have to do without toms in baskets this year.

They look more like brassicas!!!!!!!!!

[smallblueplanet]

Robin - looks like some of our potato leaf tomatoes, no worries!

[Lavenderblue]

my early ones look like that - latah and galina, they look surprisingly spud-like. I am not panicking

[RobintheBobin]

A potato leaf tomato eh? Sounds like I'm not going to be living on the earnings from this 'rare as hens' teeth' variety then

The seed came from the same packet as the other Tigerellas. I'll get onto the seed seller and try and find out what one it may be...this is quite exciting!

RtB
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[cwipnip]

They look more like brassicas!!!!!!!!!

if you look at the cotyledons you can tell they definatly are brassicas

[HayleyB]

Proud of meself as I Identified Brassicas too , looking similar to my PSBs.......

[Raindancer411]

May I be silly and ask what a potato leaf tomato is?

[Flummery]

Quite a lot of tomatoes have leaves that look like a spud. They are after all from the same family. I've got Galina and Brandywine this year which are potato-leaved varieties. They aren't at all uncommon. But I have to agree that's not a Tigerella - I'm growing that too!

[Alison]

I got one of my Gardeners Delight's looking like that last year. Grew it on anyway and it became more tomatoey looking and produced some medium sized red toms. It wasn't what it was supposed to be but was still OK - until it got blight and died!