growing wild

[Gerianne]

have you seen tomato plants grow wild and spread out like a bush?

[tikihut5]

No, I haven't. I've grown tomatoes but they were bush-like.

[tfw6693]

  We plant tomatoes every year. Have never seen them grow wild. 

[BATISTAGIRL663]

no i have never seen them grow wild and in the form of a bush--we too grow tomatoes every year but not in bush form --that would be cool tho

[reiddb]

I never had....wonder how they taste?

[moonangel]

I have  oddly enough it happened to my dad he had  two types of tomatoes one year some cherry reds and yellow pear tomatoes the next year he had cross breed tomatoes that just grew on there own he went ahead and took care of them wondering what they were gonna be like the funny thing was some tasted down right horrible but others would taste really good you just never knew what you were gonna get

[ricdsm]

No, never have.

[jmc1070]

are these wild tomatoes growing in a place around or near a spot that tomatoes were grown or growing or in an area where "left over"  parts from canning, cooking etc were dumped? If that is the case you have volunteer tomatoes. they usually will be smaller and more bushy than the original plant that they came from. I remember growing up, my father would dig up the volunteer tomato plants roots and all and move them into the rows with the regular tomatoes. He would stick the cage around it, water and fertilize it along with all of the other tomato plants. Sometimes they would have more tomatoes than any other regular tomatoes, and sometimes they woudn't even bloom. he always said luck of the draw. When I think of wild...I think of areas around the woods, and grassy patches with tall weeds and no mowing.

[moonangel]

thanks that's the word I was thinking of yes these were volunteers that grew were he had tossed the yucky ones