I'm pretty sure this is a tomato that escaped confinement from last year! Guess the tomatoes don't need me to help them, I should just scatter their seeds and let them do their own thing lol!
Tomato?
I'm pretty sure this is a tomato that escaped confinement from last year! Guess the tomatoes don't need me to help them, I should just scatter their seeds and let them do their own thing lol!
16 Comments
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 102d
I am a human, not a bot, that is a tomAHto plant. You should be able to identify the plant by simply touching and smelling the leaves.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 102d
It's clearly a tomAYto.
LordMayor@piefed.social · 4 pts · 102d
If it grows tiny black/purple tomatoes, don’t eat them.
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 102d
I won't! Only if they look like the tomatoes from last year, San marzano like!
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 102d
Why? I've had some heirlooms just like that
LordMayor@piefed.social · 2 pts · 102d
Tomato is the nightshade family. There are some species that are toxic such as black nightshade that can resemble tomato.
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 102d
Boiled tomato does not sound appetising to me. Unless you count tomato soup. Which for some reason makes me very unwell lmao
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 102d
Yup, it's a tomato.
bot@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 102d
Automatic identification via PlantNet summary
Most likely match: Solanum lycopersicum L.
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RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 102d
It probably is! Woo! I'm going to let him grow and see if he bears fruit!
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 102d
yeah, off-hand it does look like a tomato to me too; is it growing in an old compost pile or place where seeds are discarded?
I usually find cherry tomatoes are my most common volunteers, they are almost like weeds sometimes.
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 102d
No, this one is in the front yard and not particularly near where the heap was. So I was surprised he got up there! But not too surprised.
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 102d
ah, so maybe a bird or rodent carried a tomato off - that's a fun surprise, lol
I look forward to updates 👀
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 102d
There is my enemy the squirrel and a chipmunk so yeah!
The update might be "without a stake or cage, a storm killed him" though!
Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app · 1 pts · 102d
Biggest issue, if it came from a hybrid (most store bought tomatoes), it'll be a crapshoot on quality and type of fruit it puts out. Flavor can be off depending on genetics and how it propagated.
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 102d
Well, if it makes sad tomatoes I'll just yank him up later!