Topic: Alright - another one for the experts??

[tim]

Over-watering? Over-feeding? Over- excited? Over to you!!

[sandersj89]

I take it that was a missed side shoot?

 ;D

Jerry

[tim]

Noooo, Jerry - it's sprouts from the fronds.

Missed sideshoots? Me??

[sandersj89]

Noooo, Jerry - it's sprouts from the fronds.

Missed sideshoots? Me??

New one on me!

Jerry

[tim]

Lucky you - I have it on some varieties every year!!

[jennym]

No expert, but it seeems to me that the semi-determinate ones do this more than the others. I have it particularly on some yellow tomatoes, saved seed, don't know variety name.

[sandersj89]

I do get it on the flower trusses but never really noticed it on the fronds.

Agree with Jenny that the semi-determinate types display the character more.

Jerry

[saddad]

Many of my heritage varieties tend to grow from the end of the flower trusses!
 ;D

[Hyacinth]

My Marmande in the g/house this year are doing the same as yours, Tim.

[Tulipa]

One of my Gardener's Delight did that too, I snapped off the leaves off the end of the truss, was that the right thing to do?  T.

[tim]

Since it's not in the rule book that they should sprout like that, I doubt that there's a rule for dealing with it.

But, yes - take them off to save energy.

[djbrenton]

Like the fasciate flowers this seems to be more common this year than last. Scarcely a plant of mine isn't doing this.

[growmore]

Most of my alicante's have done same just been around cutting them off;;
Jim