Regrown tomatoes help!!!!

[Lewismcc]

Hello.
I'm a novice grower who decided to grow some tomatoes last year. I had a big crop from two plants. This year earlier on in the season I noticed a lot of shoots growing where my tomatoes ones were (I think I left some seeds behind from the clean up)
These have now grown WILD and are producing lots and lots of tomatoes. I haven't done anything with these but I'm now wondering (apologies if this is a silly question)


- are these tomatoes safe to eat?
- some have grown in odd shapes why would this be?

My friends want some and I'm worried to give them out incase they get sick .
I have photos but unsure how to attach if possible

[Lewismcc]

The reason I ask

Is becuase when googled it says some tomato's aren't able to be eaten "wild" and 2 cross pollination?

[veggiechicken]

Hi Lewis and welcome to the Vine.
Tomato seeds are dedicated to growing wherever they are. They can be eaten, digested, processed in the sewage works and still grow.
Tomato plants spring up all over the place in my garden, I leave them to it and, if they survive blight, I eat them.
As long as you're positive they are tomatoes, they're safe to eat.

[Lewismcc]

Thank you

Perfect. They definitely are tomato's as they grew in the same spot as the last lot.

Thank you for your time in response! Little nervous when it comes to eating things I've home grown 😂

[veggiechicken]

Home grown things taste better than shop stuff - even if it doesn't look quite so perfect.
Enjoy your gardening

[Bren In Pots]

First I'll say hello and welcome to the vine Lewis.
I've got tomatoes self seeding all over my garden they're mostly from my homemade compost. Then those in the GH are from dropped or fallen toms. Like VC says there's nothing wrong with them so enjoy your crop.

[Bluenowhere]

Little added bonus, enjoy, share and scatter a few for next year

[lottie dolly]

I wonder if we should just put seeds in pots earlier,and let nature do its thing,they seem to do well when forgoten about,same as volunteer spuds,son had some runners beans sprout this year.

[SarrissUK]

Hi and welcome to the vine Lewis! I've not got a lot to add to what the others have said, but do enjoy your homegrown! It's not witchcraft

[bikermike]

Welcome!

Nothing wrong with asking questions, there's no such thing as a stupid question (but there are some daft answers...)

Rogue tomatoes will be fine, but as ever, make sure it looks and smells like it should. Some plants can throw up nasty surprises. The big one is potato fruit. They are poisonous and look like small tomatoes (but potato plants don't smell like tomato plants, so if your hands smell tomato-like after picking, you have a good clue).

[ameno]

Welcome!

Nothing wrong with asking questions, there's no such thing as a stupid question (but there are some daft answers...)

Rogue tomatoes will be fine, but as ever, make sure it looks and smells like it should. Some plants can throw up nasty surprises. The big one is potato fruit. They are poisonous and look like small tomatoes (but potato plants don't smell like tomato plants, so if your hands smell tomato-like after picking, you have a good clue).

Potato fruits are also tiny (marble sized at most), and do not ripen to red (I believe they ripen to black instead).

[quanglewangle]

Wearning: don't read while eating.

Years ago i had a spell commuting by train and standing on the platform you could tell where the carriage loos aways stopped because there was a healthy looking stand of well fertilised tomato plants between the tracks.