Friday, February 3, 2012

I noticed where my tomato plants were located last yr, I now have new plants growing. Will these produce?

Some of our best tomato came from self seeded plants. The plants are usually hardier, and even though the fruit isn't exactly the same as the parent plants (because we grow several types together) they were well worth growing

I noticed where my tomato plants were located last yr, I now have new plants growing. Will these produce?
Fluff has it a luittle backwards here...Hybrids will grow but they will not be the same as the plant they ame from for they are crossbred..it is the "heirloom" varities that will be true to thier mother plants..for they are not crossbred..the seeds growing will be okay..just do not expect the same tomatoe of the original plant if a hybrid...
Reply:Do you remember the variety? If you had nonhybrid tomatoes, say pear tomatoes......the little guys shaped like pears.......oh yeah, they will produce! If you had all hybrids, well, they will have reverted back to their ancestry which can be pretty mediocre.....if you want to keep one and see....fine. Hybrid parents are choosen for various different qualities, not just taste......by themselves maybe not much but they make a beautiful baby.
Reply:They should produce, but the tomatoes may not be identical to the ones you had last year.
Reply:Those are rouges and they will grow.


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