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!
Yup, it’s a tomato.
If it grows tiny black/purple tomatoes, don’t eat them.
Why? I’ve had some heirlooms just like that
Tomato is the nightshade family. There are some species that are toxic such as black nightshade that can resemble tomato.
I won’t! Only if they look like the tomatoes from last year, San marzano like!
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.
It’s clearly a tomAYto.
Automatic identification via PlantNet summary
Most likely match: Solanum lycopersicum L.
Common name Scientific name Likeliness Garden tomato Solanum lycopersicum 27.51 % Currant tomato Solanum pimpinellifolium 13.24 % / Nasa triphylla 2.22 % / Solanum grayi 1.84 % Altamisa Ambrosia arborescens 1.10 % Beep, boop
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It probably is! Woo! I’m going to let him grow and see if he bears fruit!
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.
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.
ah, so maybe a bird or rodent carried a tomato off - that’s a fun surprise, lol
I look forward to updates 👀
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.
Well, if it makes sad tomatoes I’ll just yank him up later!
