Hello, relatively new gardener here. My mother brought home this tomato about a week ago, and 2 days ago we noticed all of these sprouts growing out of it. Can I just throw this in some soil and water? Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
by geminithemadman
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yeah but they prefer a bit of space
Looks like something out of the last of us
That’s super cool! Pluck them out and plant in starter pots. Why not?
No reason you shouldn’t try! I have no experience as to what will happen with it during the rest of this current growing season. But I have actually done that..threw an over ripe tomato into a pot of dirt on my deck. The pot was in the corner of the deck somewhat protected by the house overhang but still definitely outside and subject to all winter weather in zone 5b/6a. The next spring it did indeed grow!
Or, you could research how to save the seeds and follow that process for spring replanting. Two things though, I would love to see your follow up post if you replant that tomato now as to what happens. And two, if that is an heirloom tomato, you will come closer to an offspring closer to the original. If it’s a hybrid, it will probably grow something but it may be a total surprise 😜 The Joys of gardening?
I have done this before,
I keep Romano (from store) seeds every year and plant them, they work but they not as big as the original about have the size. Maybe I don’t fertilize enough, I grow them in big pots.
Keep us posted!
Yes you can plant them and save the seeds.
Yep. Cut it up to isolate the seedling sprouts and you’ll get a bunch more tomato plants
I can’t answer your question, but I want to say that is absolutely wild!
It’s called [vivipary.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivipary) Technically you could plant it but all the plants would get crowded.
Don’t think you even have to at this point
This his called [vivipary](https://www.google.com/search?q=vivipary&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-ca&client=safari)
So gnarly
Yeah
Fascinating that they sprouted and it doesn’t look crazy moldy or spoiled.
Meanwhile, my tomato plants in the garden I worked hard on for weeks are doing NOTHING.
You can try but cut it up like the other comment stated. However there is a chance you will get a fungus that will kill it. But it’s will be a fun experiment even if you don’t have enough days left for a harvest.
Lol my favorite way to garden! All planned attempts at tomatoes fail while just throwing them out to free form is fantastic!
Last yr ended up with a ginormous over 9 foot plant 100s of tomatoes I think Roma? And one with lovely little cherry tomatoes.
This yr same I have no idea what’s growing as far as variety. I love surprises .
But of my 3 final contenders. One has round medium-sized tomatoes going to guess campari, the next is another ginormous plant hundreds of flowers but no fruit just yet. 3rd one have no clue the ginormous one fell over and they are intermingled vines.
Btw, I ended up weeding out the less vigorous sprouts.
Remove seeds inside and dry them on a plate or paper towel, etc. Once the seeds have had time to dry and cure, they are plantable. If you plant the tomato and live where winters are mild, likely next spring you’d see sprouts come up from it. I had a few do that this year from seeds from cherry tomatoes on the ground that had fallen off the plant last year.