None of the [not-tomato] seeds that I sowed in the pot at the onset of summer ever germinated, but apparently some seeds from last year's cherry tomatoes survived the frosty winter and germinated in numbers instead.
Interestingly, one of the plants has “eggplant coloured” leaves and tomatoes (though I don't know what the colour will be like once they're ripe), and I've never had any “black” tomatoes in my garden until now (and the rest of the plants in the rather big pot have the normal green colour) so either the plants last year were promiscuous, or a mutation has happened. Whichever the case, I hope they will be tasty. 😋
Speaking of frost-hardy tomato seeds:
Starting tomatoes from seeds is challenging here because of the peculiar spring climate we have: most often it is too damn cold for too long time, and then at the beginning of June it goes from very cold spring to almost summer in just one day. So what happens is I keep thinking it's much too cold for sowing yet until it's almost too late. When will I learn…
But since tomato seeds apparently are frost-hardy, how about just sowing the whole lot outside in the autumn, then they can germinate at their own pace when they feel the temperature is appropriate. Would that be such a bad idea? Has any of you guys grown tomatoes from seeds that way?
The Ball display gardens are mostly about decorative annuals, but there is a small section featuring their burpee veggies and herbs. It mostly shows their latest tomato varieties and compact peppers for containers. #garden#gardening#GardensOfBall@gardening#tomato#peppers
Yeah. #squirrel spit #tomato. #gardening (huge tomato, too... looks like at least 6 gone today, looks like I am picking them green unless the dog gets lucky with his patrols)