We have planted a number of tomato variety for a few years, but these ‘volunteer’ tomatoes came up independently and in a place where we planted nothing.
In terms of characteristics, they are deep orange to red when ripe, sweet to semi sweet, and a high quantity of seeds inside. They’re a little larger than golf balls.
We are wondering if they might be a cross of some type as they are larger than our cherry tomatoes (Tiny Tim, Veranda, Patio Choice, etc.) but smaller than our larger varieties (celebrity, German Queen, better bush, better boy, early girl, etc.)
Thanks!
by 2l8iwon1
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Indeterminate, saladette…… Tomatoes are so vast to be able identify.
Looks yummy wish my tomatoes grew this well lolol
I’d go with the Campari that’s sole in Costco and many other places
Closer shot of muktiple developed healthy leaves and the fruit itself would be helpful
Edit: also, what varieties were grown last year/cycle in that location?
Any volunteer tomatoes I’ve let grow and produce fruit (just out of curiosity) have universally produced cherry to slightly larger than cherry fruit that is quite seedy and with exactly the flavor profile you describe. And I grow only indeterminate heirloom varieties (plus Sungold) and none of them resemble the volunteer fruit. It’s fascinating (well, to me, anyway).
OTOH the volunteer tomatillos I’ve had for several years running are clearly offspring of the Mexican Tomatillo seeds from Territorial Seed that I grew a few years ago. I grew purple tomatillos that same year, but none of those showed up as volunteers the next year. I may actually have to cultivate tomatillos next year because each year, the volunteers germinate later and produce later, resulting in successively smaller yields.