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I went to the local farmers market to pick out some tomato plants for my container garden in late April. I found a beautiful tomato plant with a great big strong main stem that seemed to be very bushy. I asked the lady at the stand what kind of tomato it was and unfortunately she did not know. They plant looked so great, I bought it anyway. I planted it in a big planter when I got home and it has done very well so far and its not even June yet. I already have alot of small green tomatoes that have started forming and a ton of flowers that are already turning into tomatoes as well as alot of new growth. It looks very different from my other varieties of tomatoes. The leaves are a dark green and they are large. Any ideas what variety this tomato might be?
Last edited by Amanda1NC; 05-25-2014 at 06:56 AM..
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Some variety of a patio tomato.
Extremely common in urban environments and moving more and more into the 'burbs because it's so easy to grow anywhere with containers.
I'm sure you will have good success with your container gardens.
Wow. That tomato plant actually looks alot like the one I'm growing! The reason in doing a container garden is because my backyard is slipped and very shady. All of the sun I have is in the front so rather than tilling up my front yard in doing containers of eggplants tomatoes blueberries and peppers in the front and rhododendrons in the back under my hardwoods. So far is working out well.
Great! Container gardens are really convenient - you move the plants TO the sun instead of wishing y had enough sun for tomatoes.
Food and water are the two main challenges for containers. Keep the fertilizer and water up all summer long (even when on vacation!), and you'll be rolling in tomatoes before long. Don't expect rainwater to replace hand watering.
Patio toms aren't as tasty as, say, a Black Krim or Brandywine heirlooms; more similar to Early Girl in taste/firmness. You get that fresh, summer taste in each bite putting store bought tomatoes to shame.
It's a potato leaf, for one thing. No, not a potato plant, a potato leaf tomato. it's very likely that it is a heritage variety. Not a lot of potato leaf in the modern hybrid varieties.
There is no way to know what it is. Maybe after the fruit is ripe, someone can identify it.
I sure hope for your sake that it is not some random volunteer. It's hard for me to imaging growing tomatoes from seed and not knowing what variety the seeds were.
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