I do wonder where they’re getting their water, we had an unusually wet spring, so maybe deeper soil is still moist. But another option is that it’s growing in an area sandwiched between mine and my neighbor’s pools, and maybe one or both of them are leaking 😓

Another interesting thing is that I believe these to be bird dropping volunteers. I’ve never tried to grow anything here (the previous owners used to drain their pool water here, always thought the chlorine would have hurt the soil), and I’ve never put compost down that may have had stray seeds. They also don’t look quite like any tomatoes I’ve grown before.

[Image description: a hand holding a red plum sized tomato and a red mini cherry tomato. Unfocused in the background are two sprawling tomato plants, growing together to look like one.]

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    2 years ago

    Those have a super nice color.

    I have a bunch of volunteer sun golds this year… and thank god for that because I forgot to buy seeds.

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      2 years ago

      I’d be curious how those volunteers turn out, as far as I knew, Sungolds don’t hold true to seed.

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        2 years ago

        Soooooo… the joke is on me.

        Three GIANT hornworms stole the plant overnight last night. :(

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          Oh no! That’s the worst feeling, coming out in the morning to see a plant completely decimated :(