My compost bin surprise!! :)

gssgarden · November 13, 2015

Late in the summer a plant grew from the side of my bin. Nice to see it but I have not grown a grape tomato in about ten years!! lol

Going to save seeds of course and see what she brings next year!

Here's hoping!

Greg

Bipetual · November 13, 2015

Well, someone did! Hope the offspring turn out to be yummy!

Gardeneer · November 13, 2015

Could be small version of some hybrids ? Have You grown Juliet, mini Roma, ?

gssgarden · November 13, 2015

Nope. None of those at all. I assume it's from a hybrid. Who knows what I'll get next year. Could come out as nothing.

Hope not though.

Greg

Gardeneer · November 14, 2015

Bird's dropping is another possibility.

IronPete · November 14, 2015

Kitchen compost via store bought grapes, maybe?

Labradors2 · November 14, 2015

It sounds like a fun project, but I don't think the name "Compost Bin Surprise" would be a great one for a tomato

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Worth1 · November 14, 2015

I have some compost bin cucumber sprouts that are going to get a surprise when the weather gets cold.
Worth

Gardeneer · November 15, 2015

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Originally Posted by Worth1

I have some compost bin cucumber sprouts that are going to get a surprise when the weather gets cold.
Worth

Did you compost old vines with overgrown cukes ?
cucumbers can get crossed real easy.

Gardeneer

Worth1 · November 15, 2015

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Originally Posted by Gardeneer

Did you compost old vines with overgrown cukes ?
cucumbers can get crossed real easy.

Gardeneer

Nope I just tossed some seeds from cucumbers in it.
It is highly unlikely they are crossed because I only grew Market Mores and as far as I know no one else close to me even grows cucumbers.
Bumble bees and red wasps are my pollinators.

Worth

Gardeneer · November 16, 2015

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Originally Posted by Worth1

Nope I just tossed some seeds from cucumbers in it.
It is highly unlikely they are crossed because I only grew Market Mores and as far as I know no one else close to me even grows cucumbers.
Bumble bees and red wasps are my pollinators.

Worth

But cucumber at the stage that is picked for slicing should not have mature viable seeds

Gardeneer

gssgarden · November 16, 2015

I'll probably get some kind of strange looking thing. I tried this once before and the tomatoes were a mess!

Greg

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IronPete Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Charlottetown, PEI, Canada Posts: 302	Kitchen compost via store bought grapes, maybe? __________________ Thanks; Iron Pete "We can agree to disagree."

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Bipetual Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Illinois, zone 5a Posts: 579	Well, someone did! Hope the offspring turn out to be yummy!

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Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,923	Could be small version of some hybrids ? Have You grown Juliet, mini Roma, ?

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gssgarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.C. Posts: 1,827	Nope. None of those at all. I assume it's from a hybrid. Who knows what I'll get next year. Could come out as nothing. Hope not though. Greg

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Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,898	It sounds like a fun project, but I don't think the name "Compost Bin Surprise" would be a great one for a tomato .

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I have some compost bin cucumber sprouts that are going to get a surprise when the weather gets cold. Worth

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gssgarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.C. Posts: 1,827	I'll probably get some kind of strange looking thing. I tried this once before and the tomatoes were a mess! Greg