Hortaholic said:
Your tomato plant is exhibiting classic signs of "epinasty".
My NEW answer:
The unusual bending/twisting reaction (called 'epinasty') is caused by a mis-regulation of hormones inside the plant (such as ethylene) and may be due to a variety of external "disturbances in their growth"
See also;
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.go...
Learn something new everyday- Thxs for that diagnosis- Pat!
@Hortaholic
Not even on my horizon... and I'm glad to now know it.
I agree with pat and suspect transplanting root damage or aftercare issues such as lack of oxygen at the rootzone, root damage, bactetia in new soil or excess water.
And I guess these contributing factors are probably unavoidable- BTW-
@nacarter1972 and may suggest some of your tomatoes are susceptible to something they didn't like.
While they probably would grow on fine- I also would not grow those plants out to avoid the risk of accidentally adding or strenghening those traits into the pool of the seeds you are saving. I often cull the 'least performing' seedlings (with a tear in my eye) if saving a strong and adaptable
seed-line is my goal-
-ken
EDIT: Cull may mean giving the plants away!
