Could my tomato plant have reseeded?

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Posted by JadaMaria 6b (My Page) on

Tue, Apr 23, 13 at 13:06

Last year we had a miracle tomato plant pop up in mid-late summer in our side yard. It grew full size and produced tons of large tomatoes until November (the tomatoes never fully ripened on the plant, but ripen nicely once picked and brought into the house.) It snowed on it and it still kept going until a very heavy snow killed it in mid November. Now there is what looks like another tomato plant growing in the same general area, but not the same spot exactly. The foliage seems to be right for a tomato plant. We have had frost including this week and it's still kicking. Is this even possible? Also, last year we had a ground cherry plant pop up in that area. No clue where that came from either. Will that come up again? I live in zone 6b.

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Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on
Tue, Apr 23, 13 at 13:22

If half ripe or ripe fruits fall to the gound, yes, some of the seeds could overwinter.

In this case since you had two different varieties in the same spot/area, it will be hard to tell which is which unless one of them was originally PL(potato leavf)

In which case I guess you'd have to dig up some of the volunteers and plant them elsewhere to see what you have.

And I'm assuming that both the cherry and the larger fruited one are both non-hybrids,

Carolyn

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