Mystery plant
Hello! I am not only a first time user, but a first time gardener. I am giving it my best shot, but one plant that was given to me has stumped me. My grandmother (whom has Alzheimer's) "helped" with the seedlings, and a few of the ones that did not die were given to me by my mother. I was told that there were tomatoes, watermelon and cantaloupe, and there were about 8 plants in all. Of those 8, two tomato and this one (and a second one just like it) made it through a late freeze in April. I thought it was the remaining cantaloupe, but it is growing in as a bush. Even my mother has no clue, lol. So any help identifying it wold be helpful. Thanks in advance!!
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It looks like a potato leaf variety (shield shaped leaves instead of regular -scalloped/serrated- leaf) tomato plant. Brandywine tomato, for example, is a potato leaf type. Green tomato flower buds develop yellow petals which eventually open and curl back.
Here is a picture of my tomato seedlings some of which are potato leafs. ...if you look to the right, the seedlings in the aluminum trays are mostly winter squash but there is a melon among them. Very similar looking.
Here is a picture of my tomato seedlings some of which are potato leafs. ...if you look to the right, the seedlings in the aluminum trays are mostly winter squash but there is a melon among them. Very similar looking.