This tomatolike weed has been popping up all over my property. Now it’s fruiting. Anyone know what it is? This is one of the bigger ones. Definitely way too hardy and quick-growing to be actually tomato plants…
This tomatolike weed has been popping up all over my property. Now it’s fruiting. Anyone know what it is? This is one of the bigger ones. Definitely way too hardy and quick-growing to be actually tomato plants…
I’m no expert but it looks like some sort of cherry tomato. They may not be consistently fruiting due to lack of water/sunlight/temp.
Again. I’m no expert. Very interested to hear from thumbs greener than mine.
Thrakioti
It’s a tomato plant, if you didn’t plant it’s a volunteer but there is absolutely no question it’s a tomato.
ishouldquitsmoking
Looks like a cherry tomato plant to me.
The_Infinite_Doctor
Tomatoes are spiteful little effers that thrive in sidewalk cracks, gutters, steel wool, etc., but give them love and attention and it’s all yellow leaves and leggy stems :p
Bob_Bobaggins
This is for sure a tomato plant. It is most likely an heirloom tomato type because it has the potato shaped leaf. It is not as other have said a cherry tomato. It is a plumb shaped tomato possibly a standard paste type or possibly a “grape” tomato.
Silvre
Thanks all! Looks like I’ve been blessed with at least some sort of tomato. Will follow up with a report on how they taste whenever the first ones ripen 🙂
lewisgaines
I have a tomato plant that has roots underneath the deck in my backyard. I think it came from something we intentionally planted several years ago that I don’t remember but the seeds from one of the fruits must have washed down the hill (only a few feet away) and taken root. For the past 3 years it has spontaneously “come back to life” in the summer and just keeps growing and then we cut it all down in the fall. Before this I never realized there were annual tomato plants or that there were determinate or indeterminate tomato plants. I have no idea what variety the plant is exactly aside from producing cherry-like tomatoes, but it is always kind of exciting when it shows back up the next year. In fact mine just showed up again a few days ago, but it is nice to get a few cherry tomatoes right off the vine each summer without ever putting in any effort. I am sure that what you have is a tomato plant because in the right conditions, even without effort, they can pop up and grow very quickly.
put some baking soda near the base and water it in, when it starts to fruit, it makes the tomatoes sweet, but don’t get any on the plant itself (it will smother the leaves)
Kunisada13
My second year growing tomatoes was like this. We had so many cherry tomatoes the first year a lot fell and seeded themselves and they grew like weeds lol
Dukes_mayo_BLT
Thanks bird poop!!
Lower_Arugula5346
tomatillos!!!!!
Woodrow_F_Call_0106
Definitely a tomato plant. Looks like a plum or grape type tomato.
Telemere125
My best, strongest, fastest-growing tomato this year was a volunteer cherry that popped up in one of my potted avocados. It was able to start growing in like December because it was kept warm with the avocado and had ripe fruit by late Feb. All my store bought plants got plenty of sun, water, and fertilizer and went all wilty just to spite me.
cropguru357
Volunteer tomato.
Terrible_Bet8999
We had volunteer Everglades tomatoes pop up all over our yard from our chickens shittin out the seeds
laffndawg
Apparently the application of human sewage sludge can do that. Is it one variety of ‘maters, or many?
Happy_Medium6340
It’s probably a volunteer tomato plant. Either from a previous garden or birds. Pretty awesome either way, free tomatoes 🍅😄
thetotalslacker
That is most definitely a tomato plant.
Crimson_lady44
I have 3 “volunteer” cherry tomatoe plants that came back in the same spot in my garden as last year.
acrazypsychnurse
Tomato
419aardvark
Is it located anywhere near your sewer or septic…humans don’t digest tomato seeds…
Assia_Penryn
Tomato
OmegaAL77
Reminder: tomato plants ignored and uncared for usually grow best…
monkeylivinfree
Dude that’s a tomato plant
rxbandit256
I highly recommend the PictureThis app, you can take a picture of a plant and the app will tell you what plant it is with examples and info on the plant.
dankest_cucumber
If it’s covered in thorns and you’re in Eastern US, it could be horse nettle, but it looks like volunteer tomato. Congrats.
aimeed72
That’s a tomato.
coffeeismymedicine11
you can pinch the leaf and smell it and you will be able to tell if its a tomato plant. if its tomato put in a support stake and tie it up .
Clean-Huckleberry664
I’d gladly take over your land
FlipFlopFarmer24
Lol
Former-Ad9272
Congratulations! You’ve just scored bonus tomatoes! I’m dealing with the same thing, as well as potatoes, and even winter wheat. I’ve been replanting them in an open bed in my garden. May as well use them.
TRW24
Tomato plant for sure
VrLights
I love my tomatolike tomatoes lol!
Illeazar
Ah, the proverbial “volunteer toe-mah-toe”
nunyabidnetaye
Could crushed egg shells made into a meal and sprinkled on the soil work to add calcium?
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I’m no expert but it looks like some sort of cherry tomato. They may not be consistently fruiting due to lack of water/sunlight/temp.
Again. I’m no expert. Very interested to hear from thumbs greener than mine.
It’s a tomato plant, if you didn’t plant it’s a volunteer but there is absolutely no question it’s a tomato.
Looks like a cherry tomato plant to me.
Tomatoes are spiteful little effers that thrive in sidewalk cracks, gutters, steel wool, etc., but give them love and attention and it’s all yellow leaves and leggy stems :p
This is for sure a tomato plant. It is most likely an heirloom tomato type because it has the potato shaped leaf. It is not as other have said a cherry tomato. It is a plumb shaped tomato possibly a standard paste type or possibly a “grape” tomato.
Thanks all! Looks like I’ve been blessed with at least some sort of tomato. Will follow up with a report on how they taste whenever the first ones ripen 🙂
I have a tomato plant that has roots underneath the deck in my backyard. I think it came from something we intentionally planted several years ago that I don’t remember but the seeds from one of the fruits must have washed down the hill (only a few feet away) and taken root. For the past 3 years it has spontaneously “come back to life” in the summer and just keeps growing and then we cut it all down in the fall. Before this I never realized there were annual tomato plants or that there were determinate or indeterminate tomato plants. I have no idea what variety the plant is exactly aside from producing cherry-like tomatoes, but it is always kind of exciting when it shows back up the next year. In fact mine just showed up again a few days ago, but it is nice to get a few cherry tomatoes right off the vine each summer without ever putting in any effort. I am sure that what you have is a tomato plant because in the right conditions, even without effort, they can pop up and grow very quickly.
Also, [you can tell it’s a tomato plant because the way it is. How neat is that?!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm3JodBR-vs&ab_channel=vicscrappyvideos)
put some baking soda near the base and water it in, when it starts to fruit, it makes the tomatoes sweet, but don’t get any on the plant itself (it will smother the leaves)
My second year growing tomatoes was like this. We had so many cherry tomatoes the first year a lot fell and seeded themselves and they grew like weeds lol
Thanks bird poop!!
tomatillos!!!!!
Definitely a tomato plant. Looks like a plum or grape type tomato.
My best, strongest, fastest-growing tomato this year was a volunteer cherry that popped up in one of my potted avocados. It was able to start growing in like December because it was kept warm with the avocado and had ripe fruit by late Feb. All my store bought plants got plenty of sun, water, and fertilizer and went all wilty just to spite me.
Volunteer tomato.
We had volunteer Everglades tomatoes pop up all over our yard from our chickens shittin out the seeds
Apparently the application of human sewage sludge can do that. Is it one variety of ‘maters, or many?
It’s probably a volunteer tomato plant. Either from a previous garden or birds. Pretty awesome either way, free tomatoes 🍅😄
That is most definitely a tomato plant.
I have 3 “volunteer” cherry tomatoe plants that came back in the same spot in my garden as last year.
Tomato
Is it located anywhere near your sewer or septic…humans don’t digest tomato seeds…
Tomato
Reminder: tomato plants ignored and uncared for usually grow best…
Dude that’s a tomato plant
I highly recommend the PictureThis app, you can take a picture of a plant and the app will tell you what plant it is with examples and info on the plant.
If it’s covered in thorns and you’re in Eastern US, it could be horse nettle, but it looks like volunteer tomato. Congrats.
That’s a tomato.
you can pinch the leaf and smell it and you will be able to tell if its a tomato plant. if its tomato put in a support stake and tie it up .
I’d gladly take over your land
Lol
Congratulations! You’ve just scored bonus tomatoes! I’m dealing with the same thing, as well as potatoes, and even winter wheat. I’ve been replanting them in an open bed in my garden. May as well use them.
Tomato plant for sure
I love my tomatolike tomatoes lol!
Ah, the proverbial “volunteer toe-mah-toe”
Could crushed egg shells made into a meal and sprinkled on the soil work to add calcium?