Something is coming out of my compost bin!!
Noticed this plant before thinking it was a weed growing next to my compost bin, but today I noticed it was actually growing out of a small slat in my compost bin. After a little more inspection I realized the distrinct tomato plant look and smell. Guess I was wrong to think those green tomatoes I threw in last fall were too immature to have viable seeds…
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Tags: compost, garden seeds, outdoor plants, tomato plants
July 19th, 2008 at 12:21 PM
It is always fun to see what grows out of the compost bin. I used some of the soil in a part of the garden and now have a melon plant growing among the flowers
July 19th, 2008 at 2:10 PM
How neat is that? Do you think it will produce any fruit? I really need to start working more on my compost pile if I want some good soil for my veggie garden next year.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:37 PM
I will have to be carefule when turing it to not disturb the roots also have to be extra careful about keeping it moist
July 25th, 2008 at 4:23 PM
How fun!We had tons of tomato plants sprouting in our garden from last year.We’re going to let a few grow to see what happens – and whether they are all one variety or not.I think they are but you never know.
July 26th, 2008 at 7:59 AM
I am going to let this one go to fruit if it so chooses since I am pretty sure it is from composted tomatoes and not dropped seeds could have something of my own invention.
May 31st, 2010 at 9:39 AM
I had the same thing happen. I was shocked to see a big, bushy tomato plant growing next to my compost pile. Mine did fruit, but too late in the year – they were still green when the frost hit.
June 1st, 2010 at 6:05 PM
A, mine also fruited around the same time. Probably the plant going into panic mode, “oh crap I was enjoying the nitrogen so much that I forgot to bear fruit this year…”