Growing Tomatoes

Question

Love growing tomatoes but have a tech question. Usually, when I buy tomatoes from Home Depot and plant them with normal round stations for them to grow in. Well, I have a mulch pill and near it I saw some tomatoes growing. Well, I let it grow with nothing around it at all. Well they grew huge in size/number of tomatoes. It was a simple set on small tomatoes. Nothing special with them. The only draw was picking them and when we had high winds. The attach was one tomatoes. Your thoughts?
Paul

Answer 1

Yes, this can happen where tomatoes are grown. They can come up from previous year’s seeds. This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/propagation/propgen/volunteer-plants-in-gardens.htm

You may notice that they grow as well, or better than some that one would plant. Usually, it is common to give the plant a little “too much love” which can stunt them.

A good test on a gardener’s methodology will be to care for one yourself, then let the other one thrive on its own. This will be a good indication of whether what is being done is helping or hurting the tomato.

This article will help you to grow them to their potential: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/tomato/growing-tomatoes-guide.htm