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Growing at a fast pace next to my tomato plant


Found this plant grow right next to two of my tomato plants. It's growing faster than the other plants, which is making me doubt if it's a weed. This is my first year into gardening. Also I've tried to compost some vegetable scrap and added that into these pots once it was fully decomposed. So it could be from any of the seeds? Live in Southern Ontario.

Any idea what this could be?

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24 Comments

  1. morbid_n_creepifying

    If you’ve used compost there’s a very very good chance it’s actually a potato. Alternately, it could be an extra tomato seedling coming up. I grow a few potato-leaved varieties and sometimes that variegation happens naturally. But given how thick the leaves are and the fact you used compost, I’m pretty sure it’s a potato. As long as there’s an eye that’s in good condition, potatoes will start to grow. Even if they’ve been stuck in the compost all winter.

  4. tbrick62

    You should easily be able to loosen the soil and separate out this potato plant from the tomato plant and replant it somewhere else. Both plants are pretty hardy about being transplanted

  9. Mou_aresei

    Potato potatoh, tomato tomatoh 🎶🍅🥔

    Potato plants can sometimes start from potato peels.

  11. jack_seven

    They’ll be ready to harvest in ~100 days from when it was planted so my guess is about 80-90days from here

  12. PlasticGuitar1320

    That’s a potatoe

    I’ve got them popping up everywhere from using home made compost too.. plus I’ve got grow bags full of potatoes growing as well

  13. BungalowLover

    Looks like a potato plant. If you buried any potato scraps…that’s your answer!

  18. Born-Lingonberry-816

    You say tomato but that is a potato 🥔 

  19. idontwantto19

    Tomatoes and potatoes don’t love being neighbors, maybe gently remove the potato and give it”s own pot

  20. Eggplant-Parmigiana

    Spuds. Yer growing ketchup and fries

  21. SoggyCapybara

    Looks like the potatoes im growing on my patio!

  22. Zealousideal-Gap-291

    Titter, totter, toe! Abstract medium of astral contact point, bite-sized delectable, digits of earthly delights! Rainbow varied and complete consumable!

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