Lots of spent tomatoes on the polytunnel beds - is this going to be a problem?

[chasingmytail]

First year growing and my toms were fantastic but some fell on the floor and I couldnt reach them and some fell off as I was picking. Many of these have broken down already but I can pick some. Im pulling out all the plants and its a bit of a tomato mess on the bed. What happens now with the seeds of these toms?

Should I be scraping as much as possible off the beds. Next year as I going to be inundated with seedlings? HOw can I sort this and prevent this?

[veggiechicken]

Don't worry - just hoe them off as they emerge.
I have tom seedlings from fallen toms that are a couple of inches high already.

[Bren In Pots]

I find toms growing all over my veg patch they from seeds that's found their way into my compost bins. Sometimes I pot them on just to see what the toms end up like.

[Small pumpkin]

I've got half dozen or so germinating nicely in my Polytunnel raised bed from this years missed and fallen fruit. They will get pulled out on my next tunnel tidy. I prefer them germinating to weeds

[Penellype]

Tomato seeds are fairly indestructible - they are designed to go through an animal's digestive system undamaged. They are certainly capable of surviving my hotbin as I regularly find them growing in amongst the potatoes that have been planted in compost straight out of the bin. As has been said, simply pull them out when they grow.

[vixylix]

I'm going to have them all over my lawn next year CMT - seems much easier than sowing them all to be fair, I may well leave them to it!