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Gardening

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts) Sat Sep 14, 2013, 10:23 AM Sep 2013

Is it normal for a feral tomato plant to grow to 11 feet in diameter? [View all]

With a one-inch plus thick stalk?

I'm loving this plant that sprung up on my levee this spring, it must have come from a bit of garbage that didn't make the can so I don't know of it's heritage.

Medium size tangy fruit, I'm harvesting two to four tomatoes per day.

It doesn't look as big in the pic as it is in real life but I measured it yesterday and it's past 11 feet in all directions. Normal?

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Is it normal for a feral tomato plant to grow to 11 feet in diameter? [View all] NYC_SKP Sep 2013 OP

ours always grow without any apparent limit, unless we prune them phantom power Sep 2013 #1

I let them go. Though it might be better next year to help them not lay on the ground. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #3

Don't look a gift tomato in the mouth pscot Sep 2013 #2

that is some plant!!! dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #4

OT, but is that a Loquat tree in the blue tub? Adsos Letter Sep 2013 #5

Yes, it is a Loquat tree. One of my favorite fruits. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #6

It's also my wife's favorite fruit. Adsos Letter Sep 2013 #7

Tea? NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #8

Totally normal and lifting the vine off the ground makes it easier to harvest, Gormy Cuss Sep 2013 #9

LOL, that is one huge tomato plant! Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #10

I'm definitely going to save seeds and can't wait to have ten of these monsters going. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #11

I call those volunteers. And indeterminates can grow very big BlueToTheBone Sep 2013 #12

I had a Pink Brandywine grow a similar size. NutmegYankee Sep 2013 #13

Some branches produce smaller fruit, most are medium size. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #14

clearly a hybrid's offspring. mopinko Sep 2013 #15

I must have eaten 70-80 tomatoes up til now from that one plant NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #16

well hell mopinko Sep 2013 #17

If it's a hybrid's offspring, does that mean that the seeds are not viable? NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #18

i am not sure. mopinko Sep 2013 #19