Where did you come from!

amideutch · August 11, 2010

Was out yesterday painting the railing on my balcony and stumbled across this. Check out the first picture and see if you see anything odd. Then go from there. Ami

ubergoober · August 11, 2010

LOL I totally did not see that!

freelancer79d · August 11, 2010

this happened to me 3 months ago i found it in the gravel area of my RV port. since there is black plastic under the gravel, it only had 1/8 of an inch of soil and 3/8 gravel to support it...lol

freelancer79d · August 11, 2010

and it is my best producing cherry ever...lol

veggie babe · August 12, 2010

Ami, that proves to us that you can grow tomatoes anywhere. Nice looking plant, I think it will produce.

Neva

TomatoDon · August 12, 2010

Years ago a friend gave me a watermelon and when it was eaten I threw the rinds toward the lake. The next year I planted a patch of watermelons in the raised beds about 10 feet from the concrete boat ramp. Every single watermelon in the raised beds died. Shortly thereafter, I saw a watermelon plant that sprouted in a crack in the concrete. I was careful with it and it actually produced one small watermelon. My thought was, I can't grow them in a raised bed with good soil, but they grow on their own in concrete. Mother Nature can be a funny ole gal.

Nice pictures Ami, thanks. What size containers are those?

DS

amideutch · August 12, 2010

Don, those are 10 gal SWC's made in Germany. I don't use them as a SWC as I removed the fill tube and top water. Ami

amideutch · October 10, 2010

Here's an updated picture of the volunteer plant that popped up in my patio. It definitely likes it there. Ami

geeboss · October 10, 2010

Ami
How much daily sun light does that plant receive on the patio?

George

amideutch · October 10, 2010

Where it's at probably around 6 hours. Ami

cleo88 · October 10, 2010

That's hilarious.
Nature will not be contained.

RinTinTin · October 11, 2010

But it can be embarrassing when the volunteers do better than the plants we nurture from seed to the table. In the right environment, a tomato is a weed.

freelancer79d · October 12, 2010

A wonderfully yummy weed....lol

August 12, 2010	#6
TomatoDon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MS Posts: 1,523	Years ago a friend gave me a watermelon and when it was eaten I threw the rinds toward the lake. The next year I planted a patch of watermelons in the raised beds about 10 feet from the concrete boat ramp. Every single watermelon in the raised beds died. Shortly thereafter, I saw a watermelon plant that sprouted in a crack in the concrete. I was careful with it and it actually produced one small watermelon. My thought was, I can't grow them in a raised bed with good soil, but they grow on their own in concrete. Mother Nature can be a funny ole gal. Nice pictures Ami, thanks. What size containers are those? DS __________________ Zone 7B, N. MS

August 12, 2010	#7
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Don, those are 10 gal SWC's made in Germany. I don't use them as a SWC as I removed the fill tube and top water. Ami __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

October 10, 2010	#10
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Where it's at probably around 6 hours. Ami __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

August 11, 2010	#2
ubergoober Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Brampton, Ontario Canada Posts: 202	LOL I totally did not see that!

August 11, 2010	#3
freelancer79d Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lancaster, California Posts: 233	this happened to me 3 months ago i found it in the gravel area of my RV port. since there is black plastic under the gravel, it only had 1/8 of an inch of soil and 3/8 gravel to support it...lol

August 12, 2010	#5
veggie babe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: east texas Posts: 686	Ami, that proves to us that you can grow tomatoes anywhere. Nice looking plant, I think it will produce. Neva

October 10, 2010	#9
geeboss Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA Z7 Posts: 524	Ami How much daily sun light does that plant receive on the patio? George

October 10, 2010	#11
cleo88 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sharon, MA Zone 6 Posts: 225	That's hilarious. Nature will not be contained.

October 11, 2010	#12
RinTinTin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Seattle Posts: 581	But it can be embarrassing when the volunteers do better than the plants we nurture from seed to the table. In the right environment, a tomato is a weed.

October 12, 2010	#13
freelancer79d Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lancaster, California Posts: 233	A wonderfully yummy weed....lol