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MasterGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
572 Posts
Chandra
Louisiana
USA
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 Posted - Nov 01 2007 : 08:09:28 AM
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Goodmorning! I just wondered if anyone else had any photo's of "volunteer" plants? This is the volunteer cherry tomato plant that started in the corner of our compost pile several weeks ago. It's growing like a weed and DH & I've been scrambling trying to find stuff to prop it up. It started with 3 tomatoes, now there's about 30...ahhhh, the power of nature. Yea God!!!
 
 
She considereth a field, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Proverbs 31:16 |
Edited by - MasterGardener on Nov 07 2007 06:12:29 AM |
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celebrate2727
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beth
MJF
Farmgirl
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Posted - Nov 01 2007 : 09:05:08 AM
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Our growing season is over for me but my cherrie tomatoes volunteered to overrun my garden this summer. NExt year they are getting their own spot and trellis!
blessings
beth
I Can
beth@maryjanesfarm.org
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MasterGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
572 Posts
Chandra
Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Nov 01 2007 : 09:18:14 AM
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I knew someone would have a volunteer! Go cherries!
She considereth a field, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Proverbs 31:16 |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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MasterGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
572 Posts
Chandra
Louisiana
USA
572 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2007 : 10:35:45 AM
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Yep, I have LA iris in the strangest places...Now, how'd THAT get THERE??? Too funny!
She considereth a field, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Proverbs 31:16 |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Posted - Nov 01 2007 : 3:00:59 PM
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Last year I had Pumpkins growing in my compost pile. There we 16 and they all were exactly the same size. There were a few gourds too. Here is a picture I took last fall of some of them. A picture of a picture. This year we had a few potatoes. It's just a hoot. MB
www.strawberryhillsfarm.blogspot.com
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Edited by - Marybeth on Nov 01 2007 3:03:28 PM |
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MasterGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
572 Posts
Chandra
Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Nov 01 2007 : 7:29:41 PM
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Oh, they're beauties! Now THAT"S a picture. I get one or two squash every now and then, but that is just such a sight! Cool!!! Thanks Marybeth.
She considereth a field, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Proverbs 31:16 |
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Jana
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jana
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Nov 03 2007 : 05:23:38 AM
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OOOh I wish I had taken pictures of my volunteer wave petunias. I didn't know they would seed out, but I had them growing all over my back lawn near where I had a hanging basket last year. I rabbit who was busy having babies all summer under my deck would come out an nibble on them, and of course, we named her "Petunia".
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Onionhead
Farmgirl in Training
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Melissa
Oklahoma
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Posted - Nov 07 2007 : 1:19:44 PM
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I had quite a few jelly bean tomatoes come up volunteer from my chickee girls pooh, LOL They love tomatoes, so we ended up with lots of plant, so many I started giving them away to folks. I still have little tomatoe plants sprouting everywhere. Here's a pic from early summer of some we had come up in the flower bed right in the middle of all my flowers LOL
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small graces
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jennifer
Candor
NY
USA
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Posted - Nov 11 2007 : 8:42:35 PM
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I have never heard of jelly bean tomatoes! Where did you find them? This year we had an entire bed taken over by our volunteer cherry tomatoes FROM last year. I planted them two years ago, and I am thinking I will not have to buy plants ever again!
(We renew our soil every year, with a fresh layer of compost from a digester. It seems to kill out any fungus/bugs,etc.)
"Think about this day for a moment, Charlie Brown"... http://fmnfarm.blogspot.com/ |
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