I don't mean you can get ready sliced tomatoes off a plant :0) that would be silly. However, rather than pay for an expensive pack of seeds, or go to the trouble of picking seeds out of a tomato and drying them, you can actually plant slices of tomatoes. It's so easy to do. Simply lay them out, cover with compost and keep them watered.
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Thanks for this tip! It's so easy and obvious if you think about it, but I didn't. :)
Personally I can't wait to try this, this year! Thanks for sharing!
I never thought of doing this, but what a great idea, and talk about Thrifty!! I did know that sometimes if a tomato falls to the ground, the next Spring you will see tomato plants.
I like your choice of words, "volunteer" plants. Now I know what to call those. Cool. Thank you :-)
The volunteer plants also end up being the healthiest because they've been exposed to all the elements and best of all - THEY ARE FREE:-)
Last fall I sat a large pumpkin down beside my compost bin, left it all winter, and this spring it had pretty well decayed. I lifted the stem, and when the pumpkin came apart, there were dozens of seeds on the ground, some had sprouted.
We gave this a try and OMGoodness, had so many starters come up. Is really fascinating for the great grands to do this and see the results...
The genius in simplicity never seizes to amaze me. Great idea! Thanks :-)
What a great idea, can't wait to try. Thanks!!!
I saw this idea last year somewhere so I decided to try it this year. Ummm.....this is so simple to do but I'm still waiting for something to show up...don't know what went wrong !!!
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