Unusual leaf mutation pics

[istanbulin]

BT, that leaf is really interesting.

Here's what I found.



In the 1st zone you can see the midrib splitted into two and there's two leaf tips (in 2nd zone) in a single leaf. Actually this leaf is a little wider when compared with the normal ones. Less distinct twinned leaf but it looks interesting.

This is how other leaves look.

 

[deluxestogie]

Very nice, istanbulin. It looks like a hormonal disagreement over who was the boss.

Bob

 

[Brown Thumb]

Double Barrel Baccy Plant.
Found on a Japanese Beetle Hunt.
I think it belongs here not a flower yet.

 

[deluxestogie]

Do you have any nearby nuclear power plants or a Twinkies factory?

Bob

 

[Brown Thumb]

Both, and a Crayola factory too.

 

[JessicaNicot]

I think the double-barrel is neat. its not often you see the meristem split like that. I have a pic of a double leaf I need to get uploaded...

 

[JessicaNicot]

ok, so here is a double leaf I saw in the greenhouse a while back. the plant is actually infected with Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV), but im fairly certain that has nothing to do with the mutation.

 

[DGBAMA]

That's a good one.

 

[leverhead]

That would be almost useful, you could take the rib out of two leaves at once.

 

[chillardbee]

Half a leaf on my Hickory Pryor.
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I've had several turn out this way from either catterpillars or slugs eating the just forming new leaf. the stems are smooth and unmard because they were eaten so young. looks identical to this leaf.

 

[CT Tobaccoman]

I notice here that the plants haven't been hoed. A couple times, while the plants are small, it is good to cultivate and loosen up the dirt in the rows between the plant rows and drag the dirt up to the top of the stem with a hoe. Just don't bury he chit. The plant will then grow side roots from that buried section of stem. A row of tobacco should look like a long "hill" with the spacer rows more like gullies. I'll post pics of that soon.

CT

 

[Knucklehead]

I notice here that the plants haven't been hoed. A couple times, while the plants are small, it is good to cultivate and loosen up the dirt in the rows between the plant rows and drag the dirt up to the top of the stem with a hoe. Just don't bury he chit. The plant will then grow side roots from that buried section of stem. A row of tobacco should look like a long "hill" with the spacer rows more like gullies. I'll post pics of that soon.

CT

I did that on my best row. That could explain why it was my best row. lol. There was a big difference between that row and the other two.

 

[CT Tobaccoman]

Hoeing serves a lot of purposes. Besides letting the plants grow "side roots" it combats soil compaction that can lead to root and stem problems. Also, we usually would side dress the tobacco with ammonium nitrate--just dribble it near the plants, then run the cultivator through the lot and then hoe the loose dirt up to the plants. That way, when it rains, the plants get an immediate "shot in the arm" of nitrogen that is immediately noticeable in improved color and fast growth

CT

 

[Boboro]

Ive never found a hoe that fit my hands.

 

[ArizonaDave]

All this from the Fukushima spill, huh?