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Originally Posted by bughunter99
I was just out there admiring that size and health of one of my volunteer tomato plants. It seems to have weathered the drought much better than my transplants. There is so much of a difference that this fall I am thinking of planting a few seeds in the ground on purpose and marking their spot to see what happens. Has anyone tried this before?
Stacy
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Stacy, in zone 5 it's risky but I have a suggstion.
Growing up on the farm the tomato varieties put out first were started inside and transplants set out. The ones to be put out later were direct seeded out side, the seedlings pulled and sorted and packed into bushel baskets and then transferred to the plant setter. And most years that worked well.
But I don't equate a volunteer, which arises from the seeds of fruits that drop to the gorind in the Fall and only a few percentage of them make it through to germinate in the Spring, with direct seeded ones in the Spring, if I read you correctly.