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Difference between cordon and bush seedlings

Discussion in 'General Gardening Discussion' started by Rob Miller, May 27, 2015.

  1. Rob Miller

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    So I forgot to mark all my seedlings and now they re all mixed up. Is there any way to tell the difference between Moneymaker and Tumbling Tom seedlings?
     
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    What size are they? The Tumbling Toms will be much more bushy/prostrate whereas MM naturally wants to grow upwards very quickly. Once it become obvious you'll need to sideshoot the MM.
     
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      I'm at the point where I am planting them into their final bottomless pots in grow bags or in hanging baskets. One of the seedlings I have put in the grow bag is particularly bushy with loads of side shoots coming from where the leaf meets the stem and it looks like there are mini flower buds at the growing tip of the plant, is this a bush variety?

      I can't take a photo at the moment as my smashed phone was sent off to be replaced by the bank account insurance today (along with a £100 cheque :wallbanging:).
       
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      Yes that will be Tumbling Tom :blue thumb:
       
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        ...also Tumbling Tom is a dwarf variety, which means that there's a shorter distance between each leaf node on the stem. Moneymaker is a bog standard tomato and the leaves are more spaced out along the stem.

        Here's a photo of my Tumbling Tom from this time last year (it then tumbled over the sides of the pot):
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          Hang on a minute, I'll go take some pics of my Tumbling Toms, they should be completely different to Moneymakers. Back in a few mins ...........
           
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            Tumbler Toms. Their distinctive, smaller/finer leaves should make them stand out from a standard cordon tomato like Moneymaker.

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              Yours are enormous!
               
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              Yours are massive! Mine are tiny but showing buds already!
               
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              This year I only have 2 mystery tomatoes that seem to have lost their labels, one I think I can recognise, a vast improvement on the year when I accidentally planted cordon tomatoes in my window boxes thinking they were mini-bush toms.
               
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                Haha. What were those cordons like??


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