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Has anyone else had experience with tomato plants coming up in following years where you have planted tomatoes before? Sometimes, I'm not sure if it is a blessing or a curse!
I planted my first raised beds here in Southern Oregon about 4 years ago -- had an area of two raised beds, about 4' x 12' that was home to my tomatoes. Well, I have since rotated plants around to different beds, but that bed seems to insist on being a "tomato bed"! And now, every year, the little tomato seedlings, just like weeds, keep popping up.
Last year, the two beds were absolutely filled with tomatoes -- I thinned them out, letting some grow, and I had surprise tomatoes all season. Course, I had no idea what was what, so just let them grew and harvested their bounty.
Now this year, I have put asparagus roots in there (transplants, big clumps of roots) and am letting them just do their thing to get settled in to become a permanent bed. Well, guess what? Here came the tomatoes . . . again! This is after a fairly hard winter here, with a lot of snow and my beds being tilled up very heartily. Can't seem to deter the little buggers!
I have transplanted, given away, and composted a bunch so far and here it is mid-June here in Southern Oregon and they are still coming up like well, . . . WEEDS!
Just wondering if anyone else has had this happen? It is fun, and really surprised me to have them be so determined to return. And I get LOTS of free tomatoes!
I've had this happen dozens of times, and they are the best tomatoes I have ever had by far, not sure if it is because they start to revert to a more "natural" plant or what, but they get wilder and wilder as time moves on. The other interesting hybrid I have had is from volunteer squash and pumpkins, they are never any good for eating, but their gourd-like qualities make them great for hallowing out or for jack o lanterns too. Maybe someday I will find the perfect one to patent and make ? money on??
