Gestern Nachmittag hat mir ein Freund bei der Gartenarbeit geholfen und diese Tomatenpflanzen entdeckt! Ich weiß nicht, wie lange ich sie schon übersehen habe, aber ich vermute, dass sie sich schon seit langer Zeit im Boden verstecken.
Ich bin mir auch nicht sicher, was für ein Baumsetzling das ist, aber ich habe alle umgezogen "Waisen" in Töpfe oder ein Tablett, da das alles ist, was ich im Moment für sie habe. Sie stehen jetzt auf der Vordertreppe und genießen das schöne Sonnenlicht.
Hat jemand Vorschläge, was man dagegen tun kann? Ich würde diese gerne behalten, aber ich habe nicht gerade viel Platz in meinem kleinen Garten. ICH könnte einen zweiten Garten anlegen, obwohl der erste Hunderte von Dollar an Materialien kostete …
Von: Ratstail91
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The nursery likely used reclaimed sewage plant fertilizer. It’s insanely cheap and gets the job done. Happened to my in-laws when they put a yard in 30 years ago. Tomato seeds don’t digest in the human body very well. They had tomato plants sprouting up allll over their yard for years 😂
If you have an established garden, this could be from an unharvested tomato last year. I’ve seen them do well in 5 gallon buckets with drainage holes (only 1 to a bucket). I had seeds come up from a leftover hybrid tomato from the previous year and just left them in the garden. If they are from hybrids, you only get one set of characteristics of the parent plants. Those plants came up while snow was still on the ground in spring and ended up even tastier than the original, with no care at all. But getting a good one is iffy – you’re taking a chance.
Those are volunteer tomatoes for sure. Probably from last year’s fruit that dropped and reseeded. The “tree” looks like a generic woody seedling, could be anything from a shrub to a random weed tree, so do not get attached until you know what it is. For now you did the right thing moving them to pots and trays, just make sure they have drainage holes and do not let them dry out completely or sit in a swamp.
Since you are tight on space, pick the 2 or 3 strongest tomatoes and commit to those, you do not need a whole forest of them. Give each a pot that is at least a 5 gallon bucket size, good potting mix, and a stake or cage. The rest you can give away or compost, no shame in that. The mystery sapling I would keep in a pot and observe for a season, if the leaves or growth pattern look like something annoying, toss it before it gets a real root system going.