07-29-2014, 01:40 PM | #1 |
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Litchi Tomato
I found an unusual weed amongst my Cleomi flowers. I believe that it is a Litchi Tomato. Only thing the flowers are yellow, not white. It is definitely a member of the Nightshade family.
I'm going to let it grow and see what develops. I believe it will have a fruit about the size of a Cherry Tomato. Litchi Tomato Vine by J Danley, on Flickr Litchi Tomato by J Danley, on Flickr
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07-29-2014, 03:52 PM | #2 |
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See if it doesn't produce a small green tomato looking "fruit". They never get red and they last the winter. The critters don't eat them, so they must be toxic? I know those are some sort of nightshade, too.
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07-29-2014, 03:54 PM | #3 |
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Used to be a lot of Nightshade around here. I recognized it for what it was and got rid of every plant that came up. The seeds must last a long time, the area that had the most germinate hadn't been planted to anything for years, before I got this place.
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07-29-2014, 06:23 PM | #4 |
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I had a bunch of volunteer tomato plants come up this year. I pulled quite a few before I realized they weren't weeds. (I planted carrots and beets where the tomatoes were last year)
Anyway, they are blooming. I'll see what I got in a few weeks. They will either be cherry tomatoes, yellow pear-shaped tomatoes, or beef-steak type tomatoes.
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07-30-2014, 12:36 AM | #6 |
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I had a plant just like that come up in my back yard several years ago when I lived in Texas. I never knew what it was until now. Mine had yellow flowers, too. It made a fair number of blossoms, but never set any fruit.
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08-17-2014, 02:03 AM | #7 |
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That's extremely cool. Never seen or heard of them. Gives me something to Google tonite.
I didn't do a regular fullsize garden this year but decided to let a volunteer tomato take over a small landscape bed. Figured it would be a yellow pear or mud offspring from a hybrid but lucked out with an heirloom, Green Zebra. On the down side the fruits are small and usually not prolific produers. Awesome presentation and truly "fruity" flavor outweigh any negativity. Kids love 'em on shock value and sweetness. Thanks for sharing the interesting plant! |
08-17-2014, 11:37 AM | #8 |
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08-17-2014, 11:55 AM | #9 |
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....last year the tomatoes sucked...hardly any...this year a ton of wild ones popped up where I burned all the leaves......hell more tomatoes then I handle,..
....already gave two huge pails of them to the church down the road. ...told them they can come pick them.
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